Thomas McMullan

By the winner of the Betty Trask Prize – an atmospheric and powerfully menacing story about family, secrets and violence. ‘Richly unsettling ... A masterclass in apprehension’ Daily Mail ‘Unsettling and seductive’ Irish Times ‘A masterful portrait of the fractious, shimmering webs underneath our not-so-ordinary lives’ Sophie Mackintosh ‘Complex, chilling, masterful’ Financial Times ‘This is a novel that gets right...

By the winner of the Betty Trask Prize – an atmospheric and powerfully menacing story about family, secrets and violence. ‘Complex and chilling’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Masterful – uncanny and unsettling’ SOPHIE MACKINTOSH ‘A disquieting study in estrangement’ IRISH TIMES John and Liz have left the city to move to a remote house on the shores of a lake. But along...