This superior psychological thriller...absolutely gripping, intriguing and superbly written...a compulsive read - Liz Nugent
Liz Nugent Imagine Emily Bronte crossed with a Netflix true-crime documentary and with a dash of Big Little Lies thrown in. After the Silence is gripping, clever and beautifully written. O'Neill has a gimlet eye for the telling detail ...Chillingly good - Elizabeth Day
... Read moreElizabeth Day Elegant, assured, gripping and moving, it's her best book to date and that's really saying something This is good. Really good. Dark and tragic and anger-inducing. Succession meets West Cork with a fire of feminist fury.
Harriet Tyce
Chilling and atmospheric, After the Silence is sharp and perceptively written, with a mystery at its heart that will keep you gripped. I think this is Louise's best book yet.
Beth O'Leary A gripping new direction for Louise O'Neill but still with her distinctive powerful voice. I raced through it, guessing until the very - satisfying - end.
Cecelia Ahern Devastating, chilling and enviably accomplished... I haven't been so gripped by a book in years
Laura Jane Williams
A powerfully atmospheric, darkly compelling mystery characterised by Louise O'Neill's exquisite writing and powerful psychological insight. Seriously good.
Lucy Foley Louise O'Neill has done it again. . .her writing captivates me in a visceral way every time. After The Silence does what Louise does best: addictive and scalpel-sharp fiction that addresses important topics that should demand our attention, while feeling both deep discomfort and fire in our belly.
Emma Gannon Louise O'Neill's After the Silence is a devastatingly beautiful book full of secrets, mystery and a story so powerful and enthralling you cannot look away. An absolute masterpiece and one of my favourite books in the world!
Nikita Gill A clever, sleight of hand psychological thriller set on the small Irish island of Inisrun
Red
dark, haunting, almost claustrophobic read, but the writing is still both beautiful and lyrical
Fabulous
You'll be absorbed by this chilling tale of controlling and toxic relationships
Sunday Mirror
A subtle slow-burn, this evocative mystery spins into an intricate portrait of gas-lighting and sacrifice
heat
Dark, windswept, suspenseful and kept me on the edge of my seat. Bravo to a wonderful writer and wonderful woman
Jessie Burton This multi-layered, sinister chiller is a real page-turner.
Best
The plot is intricate and intelligent, but the drama gets its real energy from the author's obvious anger about what men get away with, and why some women always pay the price.
Daily Mail
O'Neill has made her name as one of Ireland's foremost feminist writers, and this is a detailed examination of a toxic marriage as well as an absorbing mystery
Sunday Times
This is O'Neill at her best: splintered portraits of relationships so sharp you could cut yourself on them, deeply empathetic characterisation and a vivid exposure of the brutality of all forms of domestic abuse, including the ones that so often remain hidden in the shadows. A tour de force from a spectacular storyteller, it will have you gripped from the first page to the last, but it will stay with you long after that as well. O'Neill is one of our finest feminist writers and this is her best book yet.
Laura Bates With impeccable research into domestic violence on women, O'Neill conjures a disturbing and uncomfortable atmosphere, made darker by the remote island where the story is set
CultureFly
This compulsive novel tells a claustrophobic tale of violence, control and domestic abuse.
Sunday Express (S Mag)
The atmosphere of it is dream-like and it's completely compelling
Good Housekeeping
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