- Published: 19 March 2020
- ISBN: 9781844883967
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
Our Little Cruelties
- Published: 19 March 2020
- ISBN: 9781844883967
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith
Ian Rankin on Skin Deep, Guardian
Bloody brilliant
Denise Mina on Skin Deep
Absorbing, beautifully written
The Times, Crime Books of the Year (Skin Deep)
The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work
Tammy Cohen
Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with
Lisa Jewell
MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something
Marian Keyes
Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people
Val McDermid
Dark, beautiful, devastating - pure genius
Lucy Foley
A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting
AJ Finn
Evocative, vivid, brilliant storytelling from a novelist of powerful gifts
Joseph O'Connor
Deliciously dark and engaging writing ... Her fans are in for a real treat
Jo Spain
Stunning ... it really got under my skin like no other book
Patricia Gibney
The brilliant Liz Nugent has done it again ... Creepy, compelling and totally addictive
Erin Kelly
A family drama tinged with thriller that explores all the quiet brutalities siblings inflict on each other. Magnificent
Sarah Pinborough
I loved this compelling read
Dinah Jeffries
A proper rollicking family saga EPIC of a story shot through with black humour, toxic truths and pathos. Brava
Sarah Hilary
[A] harrowing, and sometimes blackly comic, drama of sibling rivalry
Sarah Vaughan
Loved it ... so addictive I read it in two sittings
Paul Burston
Utterly compelling - full of terrible people doing terrible things and I could not have enjoyed it more
Louise O'Neill
Smart, artful and totally gripping - LOVED IT
Will Dean
Gripping, occasionally horrifying and utterly entertaining
Jane Casey
A total page-turner ... The best yet from a superb and skillful writer. Loved it
Fiona Kidman
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
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
Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it!
Graham Norton, via Twitter
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
[An] incredible achievement ... I love her so much ... Genius
Sebastian Barry
What 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
An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear, propulsive writing
Sunday Times
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
This 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
Disturbing and addictive ... You'll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all
Crime Monthly
Brilliantly written ... Highly original, with exceptionally well-drawn characters
SHOTS Crime and Thriller
The narcissist mother and her objectionable three sons will draw you into their tangled tale of jealousy and sibling rivalry
Daily Mail
A sizzling thriller
Heat
The tight plotting and brilliant characterisation will keep you absolutely enthralled
Best
A darkly humorous tale
Hello!
Thrilling, twisty, and darkly fascinating
My Weekly
Unputdownable
Irish Independent