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Book SynopsisWinner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror and the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel.
''You liked The Wasp Factory? Meet Little Eve'' Natasha Pulley, author of THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET
''A smart and moving examination of self delusion and the lengths people go to to keep faith . . . I raced through it'' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
''A wonderful literary gothic tale'' Sarah Pinborough
''Where is Evelyn? Oh, I remember. She took our eyes.''
New Year''s Day, 1921. Seven mutilated bodies are discovered in an ancient stone circle on a remote Scottish island. The victims are ''the Children'' - members of a nature cult ruled by the charismatic, sadistic patriarch, the adder.
The sole survivor of the massacre, Dinah, claims that Eve is the murderer, apparently drowned while attempting her escape. Yet as Eve''s story of the years leading up the massacre intertwines with Dinah''s
Trade Review
You liked The Wasp Factory? Meet Little Eve -- Natasha Pulley, author of THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET
A smart and moving examination of self delusion and the lengths people go to to keep faith . . . I raced through it -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of VARDØ
Little Eve is a sublime, utterly compelling tale which grabbed me by the lapels and wouldn't let go. A dark, beautiful, gleaming novel. I loved it -- Irenosen Okojie
Little Eve is brilliantly plotted, wonderfully well written and full of surprises. It has perfect timing, line by line -- Andrew Cowan, author of PIG and WORTHLESS MEN
Little Eve brims with dark energy, full of haunting, surprising turns. You will be guessing and gasping till the end -- Philip Womack
Catriona Ward doesn't hold back on colour: the desolate island her characters inhabit, with its carefully described constant crashing waves, is conjured so vividly you could almost taste the salty air. * SCI FI NOW *
A wonderful literary gothic tale -- Sarah Pinborough
