"A dark masterpiece of grief and obsession. It will work its way under your skin like a splinter and stay there."

– Catriona Ward

"Tense, addictive, and sticky underfoot."

– Julia Armfield

"Fresh and sharp, expertly plotted and also emotionally charged, comic but also pitch-black dark. . . . Utterly unforgettable."

– Catherine Ryan Howard

"Written with dark wit and verve, this mischievous novel is clever, entertaining, and unsettling, with a gasp-inducing climax that beautifully (and wickedly) intertwines the two unforgettable anti-heroines. Each sentence is a dagger, sharpened to perfection; Slater's deliciously morbid debut will haunt you."

– Caitlin Barasch, author of A Novel Obsession

"Slater delivers a twisty exploration of society's fascination with the macabre."

– Publishers Weekly

"Fresh, funny, chilling and disturbing. The story crackles with killer prose and the characters slay you with their read-through-your-fingers desire and desperation. Searingly good."

– Chris Whitaker, award-winning author of We Begin At The End

"You can't help but race through the pages. This will have huge commercial appeal."

– Glamour

"A spectacularly creepy debut ... Both bookselling and society's true crime are filleted mercilessly in a tense and disturbing read."

– Guardian

"The really terrific thing about the book is how the writer conjures that slightly mysterious quality that people working in bookshops always have."

– Daily Mail