Rattle

So good I read it twice. Trust me - Cummins is a keeper – Lee Child
An excellent read – Martina Cole
It’s a rare debut that has this much polish. Harrowing and horrifying, head and shoulders above most of the competition – Val McDermid
Sharp, moving and wholly original. Rattle is a breath of fresh air – Tammy Cohen
A creepy crime debut with shades of The Babadook about it … I think it will be huge – Sarah Hilary
Gripping. A total page-turner. A rattling good read – D. E. Meredith
Cleverest and creepiest plot I’ve read in a long time. Left me breathless with fear … utterly brilliant – Michelle Davies
Vividly contrasts the apparent normality of suburbia with the awful truths it can conceal … A thriller that is capable of keeping you up all night — and then haunting your dreams. Creepy and accomplished, it is not quite as scary as Lecter, but close – Daily Mail
A highly original and creepy tale that rattles along with menace and does not let up until the cracking finale – Daily Express
Serial killers don’t come much scarier than the monstrous creation who haunts this astonishingly assured debut, which transforms London’s leafy suburb of Blackheath into a realm of mythic horror … as the tension and urgency escalates, Cummins takes you on a macabre but riveting thrill ride – Sunday Mirror
Original, gripping and beautifully written - I love this book – Alice Feeney
Tearing through Rattle. It’s brilliant! – Tasha Kavanagh
Original, vivid, stunningly written with a plot that shocks and disturbs from the very first page. Leaves you holding your breath … a fantastic read – Debbie Howells
A chilling and inventive debut – Simon Beckett
Fast-paced, vivid and confident – you are in the hands of an accomplished storyteller. Not only does it smother with its horror, it startles and uplifts with its humanity – Julia Crouch
So here’s a book to look forward to in 2017 … Rattle by talented Fiona Cummins. Chilling, original and beautifully written. Loved it! – Amanda Jennings
Taut, menacing and brilliantly written – Louise Millar
Seriously creepy and very well written. One that’ll have you double-checking your doors are locked at night – Ali Land
Rattle is such an original thriller; a novel that plumbs the depths of evil yet stuns you with its humanity. The writing is never less than sublime – Colette McBeth
Amid the outpouring of crime novels centred on missing children, Rattle is up there with the best of them. Fiona Cummins has created an exceptionally creepy psychopathic killer … A gem of a scary debut – Marcel Berlins in The Times

Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Rattle, her debut novel, was the subject of a huge international auction and has been translated into several languages. It received widespread critical acclaim from authors and reviewers. She has since written bestsellers The Collector, The Neighbour, When I Was Ten and Into the Dark, in which she introduces DC Saul Anguish, a brilliant young detective with a dark past. Fiona lives with her family in Essex.

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