The Festival

Dazzlingly inventive * Sunday Times *
A meticulously plotted exploration of friendship, foe-ship and the lies that bind, which builds to a gripping and powerful conclusion * Cara Hunter *
The perfect dose of thrills and suspense, this will keep you engrossed to the very end * Heat *
Original and stylish… will keep you guessing to the last page * Sharon Bolton *
We couldn’t put this thriller down … brilliant * Closer *
Tautly thrilling … This has hit thriller written all over it * Evening Telegraph *
Gripping, tense, taut and brilliant. You’ll be begging your friends to read it so you can discuss it over and over again * Rebecca Reid *
grips like a vice, with characters which leap from the page. Naughton’s depiction of motherhood from different perspectives is as refreshing as it is evocative * Rachael Blok *
A taut, tense thriller packed with emotion * A.J. Park *

Sarah J Naughton grew up in Dorset, on a diet of tales of imperiled heroines and wolves in disguise. As an adult her reading matter changed but those dark fairytales had deep roots. Her debut children’s thriller, THE HANGED MAN RISES, featured a fiend from beyond the grave menacing the streets of Victorian London, and was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa award. THE FESTIVAL is her fourth psychological thriller for adults.

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