Rebecca Tinnelly

James tells wife Nuala never to go to his village, but after he dies, she goes there - of course she does! Instead of a pretty, chocolate box village with nice people, she finds herself in the back of beyond, with some quite peculiar inhabitants. Not a feel good kind of story, it’s actually quite depressing and no one comes out of it well. Intriguing, shocking and bleak - the sort of book you are glad to finish, but what a debut!