Our Little Cruelties

Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet and that's really saying something A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed swift and exciting Dark beautiful devastating - pure genius Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster part maze. Loved it! A sizzling thriller Fascinating ... Shows how thoroughly families can mess one another up and how sometimes the greatest mysteries are found within the psyche The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work Disturbing and addictive ... You'll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear propulsive writing 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 The brilliant Liz Nugent has done it again ... Creepy compelling and totally addictive The tight plotting and brilliant characterisation will keep you absolutely enthralled Deliciously dark and engaging writing ... Her fans are in for a real treat A proper rollicking family saga EPIC of a story shot through with black humour toxic truths and pathos. Brava 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 Evocative vivid brilliant storytelling from a novelist of powerful gifts 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 Stunning ... it really got under my skin like no other book Utterly compelling - full of terrible people doing terrible things and I could not have enjoyed it more Unputdownable Brilliantly written ... Highly original with exceptionally well-drawn characters A family drama tinged with thriller that explores all the quiet brutalities siblings inflict on each other. Magnificent I loved this compelling read The narcissist mother and her objectionable three sons will draw you into their tangled tale of jealousy and sibling rivalry [An] incredible achievement ... I love her so much ... Genius Thrilling twisty and darkly fascinating [A] harrowing and sometimes blackly comic drama of sibling rivalry Smart artful and totally gripping - LOVED IT Loved it ... so addictive I read it in two sittings Gripping occasionally horrifying and utterly entertaining A darkly humorous tale A total page-turner ... The best yet from a superb and skillful writer. Loved it A twisted thriller reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith Bloody brilliant Absorbing beautifully written A masterful interrogation of a family's undoing ... and a ruthless examination of the pieces left behind Dramatic and compelling ... a whodunit and a Greek tragedy all in one ... absolutely riveting Nugent excels at creating a shocking story of a horrible family with huge issues and complexities that keep you hooked to the end <p><b>'Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with</b>' <b>Lisa Jewell</b><br><b><br>'Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster part maze. Loved it!' Graham Norton<br><br>'MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet and that's really saying something' Marian Keyes </b><br><br><b>______________</b><br><br><br><b>Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.</b><br><br>Will Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men the competition continues - for status money fame women ...<br><br>They each betray each other over and over until one of them is dead.<br><br><b>But which brother killed him?</b><br><br><b>______________</b><br><br><br><b>'Dark beautiful devastating - pure genius' Lucy Foley</b><br><br><b>'A sizzling thriller' </b><i>heat</i><br><br><b>'A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed swift and exciting' AJ Finn</b><br><br><b>'[An] incredible achievement ... Genius' Sebastian Barry</b><br><br><b>'Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people'</b> <b>Val McDermid</b><br><br>'<b>Her best book yet</b>' <i>Irish Times</i><br><br><b>'Creepy compelling and totally addictive' Erin Kelly</b><br><br>'<b>An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear propulsive writing</b>' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>'<b>A whodunit and a Greek tragedy all in one ... absolutely riveting</b>'<i> Irish Independent</i></p> Before becoming a full-time writer Liz Nugent worked in film theatre and television. Her five novels - <i>Unravelling Oliver</i> <i>Lying in Wait</i> <i>Skin Deep</i> <i>Our Little Cruelties</i> and <i>Strange Sally Diamond </i>have each been Number One bestsellers and she has won four Irish Book Awards as well as the James Joyce Medal for Literature. She lives in Dublin. <p><b>'Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with</b>' <b>Lisa Jewell</b><br><b><br>'Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster part maze. Loved it!' Graham Norton<br><br>'MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet and that's really saying something' Marian Keyes </b><br><br><b>______________</b><br><br><br><b>Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.</b><br><br>Will Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men the competition continues - for status money fame women ...<br><br>They each betray each other over and over until one of them is dead.<br><br><b>But which brother killed him?</b><br><br><b>______________</b><br><br><br><b>'Dark beautiful devastating - pure genius' Lucy Foley</b><br><br><b>'A sizzling thriller' </b><i>heat</i><br><br><b>'A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed swift and exciting' AJ Finn</b><br><br><b>'[An] incredible achievement ... Genius' Sebastian Barry</b><br><br><b>'Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people'</b> <b>Val McDermid</b><br><br>'<b>Her best book yet</b>' <i>Irish Times</i><br><br><b>'Creepy compelling and totally addictive' Erin Kelly</b><br><br>'<b>An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear propulsive writing</b>' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>'<b>A whodunit and a Greek tragedy all in one ... absolutely riveting</b>'<i> Irish Independent</i></p>