'Compelling, clever and dark, unlike any other psychological thriller you will have read before, you'll gobble it up in one go.' HEAT magazine
Oliver Ryan is a handsome and charismatic success story. He lives in the suburbs with his wife, Alice, who illustrates his award-winning children's books and gives him her unstinting devotion. Their life together is one of enviable privilege and ease - enviable until, one evening after supper, Oliver attacks Alice and beats her into a coma.
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'Compelling, clever and dark, unlike any other psychological thriller you will have read before, you'll gobble it up in one go.' HEAT magazine
Oliver Ryan is a handsome and charismatic success story. He lives in the suburbs with his wife, Alice, who illustrates his award-winning children's books and gives him her unstinting devotion. Their life together is one of enviable privilege and ease - enviable until, one evening after supper, Oliver attacks Alice and beats her into a coma.
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'Compelling, clever and dark . . . you'll gobble it up in one go' Heat MagazineShe knew everything about him - but the truth.Alice and Oliver Ryan seem blessed, both in their happy marriage and their successful working partnership. Their shared life is one of enviable privilege and ease. Enviable until, one evening after supper, Oliver attacks Alice and puts her into a coma.Afterwards, as everyone tries to make sense of his astonishing act of savagery, Oliver tells his story. So do those whose paths he has crossed over five decades.It turns out that there is more to Oliver than Alice ever saw. But only he knows what he has done to get the life to which he felt entitled. And even he is in for a shock when his past catches up with him.
Awards
Winner of Irish Book Awards: Ireland AM Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year 2014
Critic Reviews
“A page-turning, one-sitting read from a brand new master of psychological suspense”
The compulsion to continue reading never wanes ... a persistently satisfying read. Sunday Times Sunday Independent Formidable Irish Times
About the Author
Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in film, theatre and television. Her five novels - Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait, Skin Deep, Our Little Cruelties and Strange Sally Diamond - have each been Number One bestsellers and she has won four Irish Book Awards, as well as the James Joyce Medal for Literature. She lives in Dublin.
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