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  • Published: 27 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241965641
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $22.99

Unravelling Oliver

The gripping psychological suspense from the No. 1 bestseller




'Compelling, clever and dark . . . you'll gobble it up in one go' Heat Magazine

She knew everything about him - but the truth.

Alice and Oliver Ryan seem blessed, both in their happy marriage and their successful working partnership. Their shared life is one of enviable privilege and ease. Enviable until, one evening after supper, Oliver attacks Alice and puts her into a coma.

Afterwards, as everyone tries to make sense of his astonishing act of savagery, Oliver tells his story. So do those whose paths he has crossed over five decades.

It turns out that there is more to Oliver than Alice ever saw. But only he knows what he has done to get the life to which he felt entitled. And even he is in for a shock when his past catches up with him.

  • Published: 27 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241965641
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $22.99

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Praise for Unravelling Oliver

Formidable

Irish Times

A great cracking read ... I couldn't put it down

Ryan Tubridy

A page-turning, one-sitting read from a brand new master of psychological suspense

Sunday Independent

We read this in one sitting ... satisfyingly unnerving

Woman's Way

All I know is I stayed awake until 3am to finish it, which I haven't done with a new novel for longer than I can remember

Irish Independent

Her writing is stylish, the characters are vivid ... Can't recommend it highly enough

Rick O'Shea

Magnificent ... compulsively readable ... stunning, shock and superb

Frank McGuinness

Truly excellent ... strongly recommended

Sophie Hannah

Incredibly brilliant

Marian Keyes

Compelling, clever and dark ... you'll gobble it up in one go

Heat Magazine

The compulsion to continue reading never wanes and most impressively the ending doesn't buckle under the weight of expectation ... a persistently satisfying read

Sunday Times

The compulsion to continue reading never wanes ... a persistently satisfying read.

Sunday Times

A page-turning, one-sitting read from a brand new master of psychological suspense

Sunday Independent

"I expected more of a reaction the first time I hit her" ... The No 1 bestselling story of the making of a sociopath that has been compared to Gone Girl

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Truly excellent, beautifully written ... strongly recommended

Sophie Hannah

Compelling, clever and dark, unlike any other psychological thriller you will have read before ... you'll gobble it up in one go

Heat Magazine

Formidable

Irish Times

A great cracking read ... I couldn't put it down

Ryan Tubridy

A page-turning, one-sitting read from a brand new master of psychological suspense

Sunday Independent

We read this in one sitting ... satisfyingly unnerving

Woman's Way

All I know is I stayed awake until 3am to finish it, which I haven't done with a new novel for longer than I can remember

Irish Independent

Her writing is stylish, the characters are vivid ... Can't recommend it highly enough

Rick O'Shea

Magnificent ... compulsively readable ... stunning, shock and superb

Frank McGuinness

Truly excellent ... strongly recommended

Sophie Hannah

Incredibly brilliant

Marian Keyes

Compelling, clever and dark ... you'll gobble it up in one go

Heat Magazine

An ambitiously structured and compelling "whydunnit"

Daily Mail

The compulsion to continue reading never wanes and most impressively the ending doesn't buckle under the weight of expectation ... a persistently satisfying read

Sunday Times