Strange Sally Diamond

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023**From the Number 1 bestselling author of Our Little Cruelties and Skin DeepSally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and police detectives, but also a sinister voice from a past she cannot remember. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends and big decisions, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.But who is the man observing Sally from the other side of the world? And why does her neighbour seem to be obsessed with her? Sally's trust issues are about to be severely challenged . . .*****'Her best yet' Guardian'Another gem in the queen of crime's crown' Business Post'I loved every damn second of it' Lisa Jewell'Liz Nugent has outdone herself. Twisted and twisty, dark and gripping, no one is going to forget Sally Diamond in a hurry!' Graham Norton'Terrific' Ian Rankin'I'm lost in admiration for Liz and her writing . . . vivid, pacy, taut but so very moving' Marian Keyes'Utterly gripping on every page, clear your schedule for what might be Liz Nugent's best - and darkest - book yet' Catherine Ryan Howard

In Sally Diamond, Nugent has given us an astounding creation with a singular voice . . . an absorbing, twisty, compulsive psychological thriller with surprising humour and pathos, If Liz Nugent was a clockmaker she'd be Galileo . . . She is as excellent a writer as anyone living I can think of, Irresistibly compelling, this dark story is shocking yet endearing. A brilliant read that will suck you in, Strange indeed . . . and smart, too! Shocking, disturbing and utterly original, Strange Sally Diamond will grip you from first page to last, I devoured [it] . . . It's incredible!

Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in film, theatre and television. Her five novels - Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait, Skin Deep, Our Little Cruelties and Strange Sally Diamond 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.