Synopsis:
Picking up Rex after a 10-year prison sentence for murder, Karen remembers the bohemian summer in 1990s London when their carefree romance and excesses became subject to a complicated family history and ended in violence. A first novel.
Review:
'A beautifully crafted, evocative psychological thriller . . . A dark, poetic, gripping, totally brilliant Brideshead Revisited for the 21st century' (The Times)
A dark, poetic, gripping, totally brilliant Brideshead Revisited for the 21st century (The Times)
A terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of another British woman's auspicious bow: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. The shadows gather until the ending looms like a threatening figure. This one gets the writer's ultimate bit of praise: I wish I had written it. (Stephen King)
'A terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of another British woman's auspicious bow: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. The shadows gather until the ending looms like a threatening figure. This one gets the writer's ultimate bit of praise: I wish I had written it.' (Stephen King)
'An unusually good debut psychological thriller from an author who instinctively knows how to tell a suspense story (think early Barbara Vine) and whose plotting, characterisation, fluent writing and dark humour should ensure her a successful career.' (Daily Mail)
'(An) excellent debut psychological thriller, reminiscent of early Barbara Vine.' (Daily Mail Books of the Year)
An unusually good debut psychological thriller from an author . . . whose plotting, characterisation, fluent writing and dark humour should ensure her a successful career (Daily Mail)
'A wonderfully tense and foreboding thriller that is at the same time a clever, considered study of desire and a good old-fashioned page-turner.' (Psychologies)
'A shadowy, impeccably told tale of passion, friendship and murder.' (Marie Claire)
Brilliant! THE POISON TREE grabs you with the first sentence and doesn't let go--even after the last page; this is the sort of thriller that stays with you for a long, long time. Compelling and lyrically stylish, THE POISON TREE is a true winner! (Jeffery Deaver)
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