- Imprint: Penguin
- ISBN: 9781804992043
- Length: 288 pages
- Price: £9.99
Sunday TimesA bravura sequence of adolescent thrill and romantic fireworks that shows Toon at the peak of her powers... What Toon’s really fabulous at… are those compelling teenage relationships that she opens the novel with and whose upshot she unfolds moreishly a decade later.
Wendy Holden, Daily MailLike so much good horror, this is about guilt and unreliable memory
GuardianSkilfully handled themes of guilt, regret and adolescent confusion coupled with dark academia make for an insidious tingle of doom
ScotsmanToon’s gift for creating an otherworldly atmosphere in small towns with big secrets is present once again in a novel that explores the desire to escape the ordinary
i NewspaperAtmospheric... Toon layers unease and memory, crafting a chilling, slow-burn novel
Woman & Home[Bluff] explores youthful naivety, adult choices, and how past actions can haunt us for years
The Bookseller[An] atmospheric tale of buried secrets . . . This absolute masterclass in suspense is genuinely unputdownable. I devoured it in a day.
Scottish FieldAn utterly gripping novel which keeps you guessing until the end.
Kirsty Logan, author of Things We Say in the DarkA taut, eerie exploration of memory, belief, and the treacherous edges of girlhood. Francine Toon has a knack for getting deep under the skin.
Lucy Rose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The LambDark, beguiling, and steeped in menace, Francine Toon spins a brooding mystery which shimmers with unease. It perfectly captures that dread of teenage girlhood.
About Francine Toon
Francine Toon’s debut novel Pine was a Sunday Times bestseller and number one Times bestseller. It won the 2020 McIlvanney Prize, was shortlisted for Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and longlisted for the Highland Book Prize and the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award.
Her poetry, written as Francine Elena, has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Best British Poetry 2013 and 2015 anthologies and Poetry London, among other places. Her short story ‘Ghost Kitchen’ was published in the anthology Of The Flesh.
Her poetry, written as Francine Elena, has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Best British Poetry 2013 and 2015 anthologies and Poetry London, among other places. Her short story ‘Ghost Kitchen’ was published in the anthology Of The Flesh.
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