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A ‘BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR’ IN THE NEW YORKER & OPRAH DAILY
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‘Menace-dipped’ THE TIMES
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A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD: FICTION
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
A ‘BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR’ IN THE NEW YORKER & OPRAH DAILY
‘Relentlessly gripping’ ABIGAIL DEAN
‘Menace-dipped’ THE TIMES
‘Thrilling and haunting’ NEW YORK TIMES
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‘A clever and delicious treat’ ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS
‘Page-turning, nail-biting… utterly bingeable’ OLIVIA GATWOOD
‘Lord of the Flies meets Love Island – dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted’ LOUISE O’NEILL
‘So gripping and propulsive that it beats reality tv at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?’ TORREY PETERS
‘A clever and delicious treat’ ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS
‘Page-turning, nail-biting… utterly bingeable’ OLIVIA GATWOOD
‘Lord of the Flies meets Love Island – dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted’ LOUISE O’NEILL
‘So gripping and propulsive that it beats reality tv at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?’ TORREY PETERS
‘A clever and delicious treat’ ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS
‘Page-turning, nail-biting… utterly bingeable’ OLIVIA GATWOOD
A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD: FICTION
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
A ‘BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR’ IN THE NEW YORKER & OPRAH DAILY
‘Relentlessly gripping’ ABIGAIL DEAN
‘Menace-dipped’ THE TIMES
‘Thrilling and haunting’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘Punchily provocative and often bitingly funny’ THE TIMES, Book of the Month
‘Binge-worthy, real, really funny’ KILEY REID
‘Spiky, smart and so original’ CLAIRE DAVERLEY
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‘Punchily provocative and often bitingly funny’ THE TIMES, Book of the Month
‘Binge-worthy, real, really funny’ KILEY REID
‘Spiky, smart and so original’ CLAIRE DAVERLEY
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