Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023WINNER Crime Novel of the Year Irish Book Awards 2023SHORTLISTED for The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year AwardSHORTLISTED for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2024Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange She was only doing what her father told her to do to put him out with the rubbish when he diedNow Sally is the centre of attention not only from the hungry media and police detectives but also a sinister voice from a past she cannot remember As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood Sally steps into the world for the first time making new friends and big decisions and learning that people dont always mean what they sayBut who is the man observing Sally from the other side of the world And why does her neighbour seem to be obsessed with her Sallys trust issues are about to be severely challenged In Sally Diamond Nugent has given us an astounding creation with a singular voice an absorbing twisty compulsive psychological thriller with surprising humour and pathos Sunday IndependentStrikingly wellobserved and consistently surprising The TimesIncredible Sara CoxStrange indeed ...
