![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She gives it the extra wisdom that marks DROWNING RUTH as the chilling, precociously good start to a bright new novelist's career * New York Times * 'This is a book that really ought not to be missed' Sentinel Sunday * Sentinel Sunday * A strong sense of portent and unusually vivid characters distinguish this mesmerizing first novel about horrifying family secrets and nearly annihilating guilt. 'A gripping read' Choice magazine * Choice * 'A compelling mystery' The Times * Play (The Times) * 'Assured and dense debut.Schwarz's real achievement is in matching the complexities of her plot with vivid characters' The Scotsman * The Scotsman * 'Austere, tense, painful and rewarding, this book keeps you reading until the vertebrae sulk - and the aftertaste has the bitterness of a linctus whose sharpness conveys its benefit' Frank Delaney * Frank Delaney * In assured last stroke, Ms Schwarz affirms the psychological underpinnings of a book that would have worked page-turningly well as a straightforward mystery alone. ![]()
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