Summary
‘Riveting, twisty, page-turning stuff’ Guardian
A ‘best books of 2020’ pick for BBC Radio 4 Open Book, the Guardian, the Telegraph and Good Housekeeping
‘The page turner you’ve been looking for. Sly, witty and gripping … I devoured it’ Naomi Alderman
‘An utter joy … wonderfully skilled’ Sarah Perry
‘Beguiling, brilliantly creepy
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786485571 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786485575 |
| Author: | Lucy Atkins |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 586g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 160mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
“With the atmosphere of Inspector Morse and the tension of Agatha Christie, this is a great quick read that leaves you thinking.” – Ox Magazine
Tender, creepy and gripping - Sunday Times
With graceful writing, sharply observed characters including the city itself, and a withering look at the hidebound ways of dusty-gowned academia, this wonderfully atmospheric tale is, at its core, about the true meaning of family - GuardianIt is a long time since I have enjoyed a book as thoroughly as I enjoyed Magpie Lane, which reminded me variously of Iris Murdoch, Ruth Rendell, Donna Tartt and Daphne du Maurier. I adored the narrator, and it was an utter joy to relish Atkins’s wonderfully skilled and unobtrusive writing and lose myself in the mystery - Sarah PerryThe page turner you’ve been looking for. Sly, witty and gripping … I loved it - Naomi Alderman, author of THE POWER‘Full of hidden chambers, and some of them are haunted … part thriller, part love story, wholly beguiling. I was glued to every page’ - Mick Herron‘Lucy Atkins excels at creating highly intelligent, slightly eccentric outsiders. I was completely immersed … and preoccupied, and appalled, by such credible characters. I loved it!’ - Sarah Vaughan‘The most sublime book I’ve read since Apple Tree Yard … masterful writing from an experienced hand. I’ll be gushing about this for a while’ - Jo Spain‘So clever and different. I raced through for the reveal but also the spookiness, the characters and the wonderful love story’ - Sabine DurrantAbout The Author
Lucy Atkins
Lucy Atkins is an award-winning author and journalist. She is a book critic for the Sunday Times and the Guardian, teaches on Oxford University’s Creative Writing Master’s degree and has judged the Costa Book Awards. She has written for publications including the Guardian, the Times, the Telegraph, the Times Literary Supplement and many UK magazines. Her third novel, The Night Visitor, has been optioned for television. Her most recent novel, Magpie Lane, was chosen as a book of the year by BBC Radio 4’s Open Book, the Guardian, the Telegraph and Good Housekeeping magazine.
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