- Published: 23 January 2020
- ISBN: 9781473569232
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
Pine
The spine-chilling Sunday Times bestseller
- Published: 23 January 2020
- ISBN: 9781473569232
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
Combines the Gothic sensibilities of Shirley Jackson with the psychologically astute suspense of Gillian Flynn ... will leave you gripped and transfixed
Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti
From the first page PINE casts a sense of slowly-rising unease that is completely compelling. It's both eerie and thrilling at once, and had me under its spell until the end
Sophie Mackintosh, author of THE WATER CURE
If there's any doubt that the Gothic thriller is enjoying a boom, Francine Toon's debut should settle the matter. PINE, a moving study of memory and loss, is both spooky and tender; drenched in a sense of place and yet eerily timeless
Mick Herron
I loved this book! Hugely atmospheric, exquisitely written and utterly gripping
Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party
Francine Toon's touching account of a flawed, yet tender, father-daughter relationship in PINE is all the more compelling against the starkly beautiful backdrop of the Scottish highlands
Livia Franchini, author of Shelf Life
A beautifully crafted gothic tale of isolation and not belonging. Thoroughly gripping and stunningly atmospheric
Lucie McKnight Hardy, author of Water Shall Refuse Them
This is true modern gothic ... Toon’s plain, poetic language has a hypnotic quality
Harper’s Bazaar
With Pine, (Toon) … has passed the debut hurdle in striking style.
Harper's Bazaar
Marries the claustrophobia of rural life with fascinating hints of Scottish myths, to create an emotional read with the pace of a thriller
Irish Country Magazine
A remarkable debut
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(A) pacey horror-tinged novel ... Even with the strange and supernatural goings-on in the woods, it’s the rage and grief and darkness of grown-ups that’s the biggest mystery of all
Telegraph, Best First Novels of 2020
Has all the ingredients of a modern gothic.
Herald, Hot List 2020
Splicing small-town domestic drama with grisly mystery and occult thrills, it’s a cleverly crafted debut
Metro
As gripping as any boxset
Sunday Times Scotland
Pine is a thrill of a book
i-D
A memorable debut from a promising new writer
Irish Times
An evocative read which will keep you guessing
Sunday Independent
[A] simmering gothic thriller
Daily Mail
One of the standout debuts of the year
Irish Independent
A haunting and heartbreakingly bewitching tale … Packed with folklore, magic and an eerie sense of foreboding every time you turn the page, Pine will captivate readers from the very first page
Her.ie
A gothic stirring of folklore and legend
RTÉ Guide
Eerie and spell-binding
Irish Examiner
A literary gothic thriller to chill the marrow
Guardian
A haunting tale
Sunday Express
The novel's strength is its evocation of bleak landscapes and complex characters
Sunday Times
This haunting debut is a must-read for fans of eerie gothic fiction
The Skinny
A debut novel that's carefully calibrated to make every single hair on the back of your neck stand up on end
Scotland on Sunday
A modern gothic thriller that draws on the author's own Highland childhood
Herald Magazine
An atmospheric tale of memory and loss, movingly told through a child's eyes
Sunday Express Magazine
An atmospheric tale of memory and loss
Daily Mirror
Eerie and dark, you'll be mesmerised by this dramatic tale with its tightly-woven plot
Woman