Skin Deep: The twisted, unputdownable No. 1 bestselling crime thriller from the author of Strange Sally Diamond - Softcover

Nugent, Liz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241979730 ISBN 13: 9780241979730

Publisher: Penguin, 2018

Synopsis

'Pure genius. Absolutely brilliant writing' Shari Lapena

'Bloody brilliant!' Denise Mina

'Extraordinary' A.J. Finn

'A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith.' Ian Rankin, Guardian Books of the Year

'Absorbing, beautifully written' The Times, Crime Books of the Year

'Every bit as amazing as her first two [novels]' Lisa Jewell

IBA Crime Fiction Book of the Year Winner 2018

From the No 1 bestselling author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, Lying in Wait

'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 . . .

'The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work' Tammy Cohen

'Dark, brutal and brilliant' Colette McBeth

'Dazzling ... chilling, mesmerising and, ultimately, devastating. Pure storytelling genius' Mark Edwards

About this title

Review

What takes a woman from an island childhood in Ireland to murder and ruin in Nice? - another dark twisted story from No 1 bestseller Liz Nugent. (From the Publisher's Description)

Bloody brilliant! (Denise Mina)

A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith. A scarred woman brings chaos to those around her, but Nemesis is coming (Ian Rankin 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 (Tammy Cohen)

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 (Sabine Durrant)

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 (Colette McBeth)

About the Author

Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in Irish film, theatre and television. In 2014 her first novel, Unravelling Oliver, was a Number One bestseller and won the Crime Fiction Prize in the 2014 Irish Book Awards. Her second novel, Lying in Wait, went straight to Number One in the Irish bestseller charts, remained there for nearly two months and won her a second IBA. She lives in Dublin with her husband.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0241979730
• ISBN 13: 9780241979730
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384