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Book Synopsis'Opens with a terrific hook' IRISH TIMES
'Absolutely absorbing' SAM BLAKE
'A chilling, magical read' PATRICIA GIBNEY
'Breathtakingly paced' S. A. DUNPHY
'Truly gripping' SINEAD CROWLEY
THE DEAD WON'T STAY SILENT FOREVER...
It's a crisp spring morning when Cass drops her husband, a respected lecturer, to the beach for his medically prescribed swim. While waiting for him, something catches her eye. A young woman runs towards her husband and embraces him - until he holds his hand over her face and she falls down on the stones, dead.
In the backseat of the car, their seven-year-old son sits quietly. When her husband returns, he says nothing. Neither does Cass. Afraid to speak up in the immediate aftermath, Cass embarks on a solitary quest to unravel what has taken place.
Cass is quickly drawn into a web of lies that pulls her back to the previous autumn, when a beautiful Italian postgraduate student finds herself subsumed by an inescapable desire. It's visceral. It's destiny. But sometimes destiny can kill...
Atmospheric, twisty, and propulsive, Her Last Words is an edge-of-your-seat read about obsession and dark secrets coming to light.
Trade ReviewHer Last Words opens with a terrific hook . . . told as a hallucinatory fever-dream that seems to move forward with the fitful jerks of
a nightmare's narrative . It's a tale of twin compulsions, or derangements . . .
a compelling and challenging thriller. * Irish Times *
'A
truly gripping plot . . . E. V. Kelly's work will be a welcome addition to the Irish crime scene' * Sinéad Crowley *
The characters jump off the page in this
tense, claustrophobic and absolutely absorbing thriller. An assured debut from an
impressive new voice * Sam Blake *
The mystery is
so well plotted that I was second guessing everything and every character. The book has a
lyrical tone and it was like I was being carried along on the wave of a symphony . . .
A chilling though magical read * Patricia Gibney *
Compelling, clever and chilling . . . A powerful debut which
keeps you guessing right to the very end * Michèle Forbes *
Breathtakingly paced . . . The plot is
layered, complex and tense while remaining
frighteningly plausible, leading to a final reveal that is deeply satisfying. E. V. Kelly is
a writer to watch, and Her Last Words is
a triumphant debut * S. A. Dunphy *
Kelly is
a stunning writer . . . The
twists and turns of this narrative will have you feeling as anxious, suspicious, and culpable as its characters * Elske Rahill *
Her Last Words is
truly surprising. It starts one place and ends up somewhere else entirely, in a way that is
original and demands reader attention. * Emily Hourican *
