Our Little Cruelties

Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned withLiz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible peopleMAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that’s really saying somethingA dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and excitingDark, beautiful, devastating - pure geniusBrilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it! * via Twitter *A sizzling thriller * Heat *Fascinating … Shows how thoroughly families can mess one another up, and how sometimes the greatest mysteries are found within the psyche * New York Times, Books of the Year 2020 *The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work – Tammy CohenDisturbing and addictive … You’ll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all * Crime Monthly *An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters … nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent’s clear, propulsive writing * Sunday Times *Captivating … A contemporary psychological thriller that will leave you wondering if you ever really know what someone else is thinking - or what goes on behind closed doors * Sunday Independent *The brilliant Liz Nugent has done it again … Creepy, compelling and totally addictive – Erin KellyThe tight plotting and brilliant characterisation will keep you absolutely enthralled * Best *Deliciously dark and engaging writing … Her fans are in for a real treat – Jo SpainA proper rollicking family saga EPIC of a story shot through with black humour, toxic truths and pathos. Brava – Sarah HilaryThis great story of toxic relationships had me up way too late trying to work out who the bad guy was. As always, Liz had me guessing until the end – Kit de Waal * Irish Times, Best Books of 2020 *Evocative, vivid, brilliant storytelling from a novelist of powerful gifts – Joseph O’ConnorWhat a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy … her best book yet * Irish Times *Stunning … it really got under my skin like no other book – Patricia GibneyUtterly compelling - full of terrible people doing terrible things and I could not have enjoyed it more – Louise O’NeillUnputdownable * Irish Independent *Brilliantly written … Highly original, with exceptionally well-drawn characters * SHOTS Crime and Thriller *A family drama tinged with thriller that explores all the quiet brutalities siblings inflict on each other. Magnificent – Sarah PinboroughI loved this compelling read – Dinah JeffriesThe narcissist mother and her objectionable three sons will draw you into their tangled tale of jealousy and sibling rivalry * Daily Mail *[An] incredible achievement … I love her so much … Genius – Sebastian BarryThrilling, twisty, and darkly fascinating * My Weekly *[A] harrowing, and sometimes blackly comic, drama of sibling rivalry – Sarah VaughanSmart, artful and totally gripping - LOVED IT – Will DeanLoved it … so addictive I read it in two sittings – Paul BurstonGripping, occasionally horrifying and utterly entertaining – Jane CaseyA darkly humorous tale * Hello! *A total page-turner … The best yet from a superb and skillful writer. Loved it – Fiona KidmanA twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith * Guardian *Bloody brilliantAbsorbing, beautifully written * The Times, Crime Books of the Year (Skin Deep) *A masterful interrogation of a family’s undoing … and a ruthless examination of the pieces left behind * Sunday Business Post *Dramatic and compelling … a whodunit and a Greek tragedy all in one … absolutely riveting * Irish Independent *Nugent excels at creating a shocking story of a horrible family with huge issues and complexities that keep you hooked to the end * RTÉ Guide *

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 five Irish Book Awards, as well as the James Joyce Medal for Literature. She lives in Dublin.