Strange Sally Diamond

Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023

Liz Nugent

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Penguin Books Ltd
16 July 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense

'I'm lost in admiration. Strange Sally Diamond is vivid, pacy, taut but so very moving . . . defies categorisation' Marian Keyes

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.

Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.

But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally's life will be thrown into chaos once again . . .

By: Liz Nugent
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 269g
ISBN: 9780241993576
ISBN 10: 0241993571
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 16 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in film, theatre and television. Her five novels - Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait, Skin Deep, Our Little Cruelties and Strange Sally Diamond - have each been Number One bestsellers and she has won four Irish Book Awards, as well as the James Joyce Medal for Literature. She lives in Dublin.

Reviews for Strange Sally Diamond: Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023

In Sally Diamond, Nugent has given us an astounding creation with a singular voice . . . an absorbing, twisty, compulsive psychological thriller with surprising humour and pathos -- Sophie White * Sunday Independent * If Liz Nugent was a clockmaker she'd be Galileo . . . She is as excellent a writer as anyone living I can think of -- Sebastian Barry Irresistibly compelling, this dark story is shocking yet endearing. A brilliant read that will suck you in * Crime Monthly * Strange indeed . . . and smart, too! Shocking, disturbing and utterly original, Strange Sally Diamond will grip you from first page to last -- Paula Hawkins I devoured [it] . . . It's incredible! -- Sara Cox