
Q&A with Sarah Vaughan
If Sarah Vaughan possessed a secret superpower, I’d hazard to guess that it was precognition. The storyline of her latest novel Anatomy of a Scandal could have been plucked from today’s newspaper headlines.
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If Sarah Vaughan possessed a secret superpower, I’d hazard to guess that it was precognition. The storyline of her latest novel Anatomy of a Scandal could have been plucked from today’s newspaper headlines.
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Leïla Slimani’s internationally bestselling novel Lullaby is a tragedy that reads like a thriller. The nanny dispatches the children in the opening sentences.
The more successful adaptations linger in our consciousness long after the we turn the last page. Arrowood, Laura McHugh’s brilliantly written second novel, is one such book.
A world-class city like London needed its own high-profile crime fiction festival and they were going to be the ones who delivered it.
Writer of thrillers living a less than thrilling life. Reps: Curtis Brown & ICM Partners. Contributing Crime Editor Bookanista. Crap at Twitter.
Amazing novel! I’m so happy to see that people are loving it.
So em, this happened. 😃😃😃 https://twitter.com/books_academy/status/1634590588249989125