Little Cruelties

by Liz Nugent

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Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.

Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men, the competition continues - for status, money, fame, women ...

They each betray each other, over and over, until one of them is murdered.
But which one?

"MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something"

Marian Keyes

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Skin Deep

by Liz Nugent

#1 Bestseller

Cordelia Russell has been living on the Côte d'Azur for ten years, posing as a posh English woman fallen on hard times. But her luck is running out.

'Once I had cleared the bottles away and washed the blood off the floor, I needed to get out of the flat.'

When Cordelia returns home at dawn after a big night out, her stomach turns as she hears the flies buzzing in her bedroom. It hasn't taken long for the corpse to commence decomposing...

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Lying In Wait

by Liz Nugent

#1 Bestseller

From the award-winning author of the No 1 bestseller, Unravelling Oliver, comes another absorbing, twisty, brilliantly observed story of murder in high places.

'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.'

The last people who expect to be meeting with a drug-addicted prostitute are a respected judge and his reclusive wife. And they certainly don't plan to kill her and bury her in their exquisite suburban garden.

"Taut, crisp, clear, a storm-warning of a book. It has the eeriness of 'The Turn of the Screw'; but as these screws turn, a mighty tension takes hold. Masterly."

Sebastian Barry

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Unravelling Oliver

by Liz Nugent

Crime Fiction Book of the Year 2014

Unravelling Oliver is an extraordinary story of psychological suspense and an enthralling portrait of a thoroughly modern monster.

'I expected more of a reaction the first time i hit her'

Oliver Ryan is a handsome and charismatic success story. He lives a life of enviable privilege and ease with his wife Alice. Enviable until, one evening after dinner, Oliver attacks Alice so viciously that he beats her into a coma..

'Unravelling Oliver' won the Best Crime Novel award at the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2014.

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About Liz

Liz Nugent has spent the last 20 years working in Irish film, theatre and television. For the last decade, she has been an award-winning writer of radio and television drama and has written short stories for children and adults.
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News

Jan 17

LITTLE CRUELTIES HITS MANY BEST OF 2020 LISTS

Irish Times – Ireland’s Bestselling Books of 2020 Business Post – Books of the Year, the Joy of Words Irish

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Dec 5

Our Little Cruelties chosen among the best 101 books of 2020 by the New Zealand Listener

Dec 5

The New York Times listed Little Cruelties as one of only 7 recommended thrillers of 2020’

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/25/books/gifts-for-book-lovers.html

Jul 13

Liz chatted to Des Cahill on RTE Radio 1 about her life and music choices on Des’s Island Discs on 11th June

Listen to the interview here

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