A Good Winter

'A powerful psychological thriller. Horrifying, relentless, masterful. Nothing will prepare you for the end.' * Loraine Peck * 'A Good Winter is both a terrifying thriller and an intricate portrait of an obsessed and troubled mind. With great insight and empathy, Gigi Fenster demonstrates how the most monstrous obsessions begin with trauma and repression, and how broken hearts have the power to break lives apart. Complex, confronting, and utterly compelling. I couldn't put it down.' * Suzanne McCourt * 'This tense and menacing thriller lives up to the hype...Fenster neatly and skilfully twists [the plot] away from easy predictability: precise language and short, sharp, prickling sentences ratchet the tension as high as it can go...The savagery-and brilliance-of A Good Winter is how the inevitable still feels like a shock.' * NZ Listener * 'Fenster creates a chilling character in Olga. She will set up camp and loiter in your mind for days to come...A Good Winter has made me want to upgrade my health fund to include therapy after this wild ride.' * Good Reading * 'Superbly executed...Brilliantly constructed.' * NZ Booklovers * 'Well-paced and beautifully written.' * Canberra Times * 'Confident, suspenseful and ultimately extremely satisfying.' * North & South * 'A Good Winter is a character study, a deep dive into a particular, warped perspective and an exploration of some of the drivers of that perspective. It is not comfortable, but it is also hard to look away.' * Pile by the Bed * 'Beautifully disturbing... I highly recommend this as a must-read from 2021, and I can't wait to see what Gigi has to offer next.' * Cheerful Worrier *