Skin Deep
Liz Nugent
'Pure genius. Absolutely brilliant' Shari Lapena
'A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith' Ian Rankin
IBA Crime Fiction Book of the Year Winner 2018
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WINNER of the Dead Good Books Award for the Book That You Can't Put Down!
She's not who you think she is . . .
'I could probably have been an actress.
It is not difficult to pretend to be somebody else.
Isn't that what I've been doing for most of my life?'
Cordelia Russell has been living on the French Riviera for twenty-five years, passing herself off as an English socialite. But her luck, and the kindness of strangers, have run out.
The arrival of a visitor from her distant past shocks Cordelia. She reacts violently to the intrusion and flees her flat to spend a drunken night at a glittering party. As dawn breaks she stumbles home through the back streets. Even before she opens her door she can hear the flies buzzing. She did not expect the corpse inside to start decomposing quite so quickly . . .
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'Bloody brilliant!' Denise Mina
'Extraordinary' A.J. Finn
'The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work' Tammy Cohen
'Dark, brutal and brilliant' Colette McBeth
'Absorbing, beautifully written' The Times, Crime Books of the Year
'Every bit as amazing as her first two [novels]' Lisa Jewell
'Dazzling . . . chilling, mesmerising and, ultimately, devastating. Pure storytelling genius' Mark Edwards
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About Liz Nugent
Reviews for Skin Deep
From the Publisher's Description
Bloody brilliant! A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith. A scarred woman brings chaos to those around her, but Nemesis is coming
Guardian Books of the Year
Absorbing, beautifully written
The Times, Crime Books of the Year 2018
The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work - no one gets under the skin of monstrous characters like she does Brilliant
Irish Independent, Best Books of 2018
A tour de force ... a genuinely memorable, at times terrifying central character ... will appeal to readers who enjoy an exciting, fast-paced journey of psychological extremes, which delivers a shocking final twist
Crime Club, Killer Women Book of the Month
A wonderful feat of imagination, totally gripping, with a fascinating character at its heart As one woman's singular story unspools with many an unexpected shock, Nugent skewers her targets with skill. Sly humour and dazzling originality deliver a gutsy feminist message.
The Times
Dark, brutal and brilliant A triumph, from first page to last! Monumentally good. Liz Nugent is a beautiful writer and among the very best storytellers in the world I loved, loved, loved Skin Deep - the compassion of it, the beauty of the language, how glamour and horror intersect, how the tension twists tighter and tighter and is brilliantly done Dazzling ... chilling, mesmerising and, ultimately, devastating. Pure storytelling genius Utterly compelling ... a storyteller at the height of her powers
RTÉ Guide, Books of the Year
Her darkest book yet - a compelling one-sitting read Utterly gripping, fast paced, and featuring my favourite sociopathic female character since Lady Macbeth
Incredibly dark, twisting and utterly mesmerising - you will not be able to put this down
Pitch dark and thrillingly original
It took me two sittings to gobble it up - a page turner. You'll just snap it up and you'll love it. A cracking read
RTÉ
Spellbinding
Irish Times, Best Crime Fiction of 2018
Spectacular
Irish Times, Best Crime Fiction of 2018
It's a blast ... Liz Nugent has done it again
Sunday Business Post