PRAISE FOR VALERIE KERSHAW'S PREVIOUS NOVELS:

THE SNOW MAN ‘authentic air of terror’, The Listener ‘remarkable achievement’, The Guardian

THE BANK MANAGER’S WIFE ‘wickedly well done’, The Guardian ‘a stylist chiller’ The Daily Telegraph (Adapted for television: ‘deliciously eerie’ The Sunday Mirror )

MURDER IS TOO EXPENSIVE ‘nightmarish quality... sensational solution.’ The Irish Independent. ‘I look forward to reading her next novel,’ Bernard Levin, The Sunday Times. ‘Truly an extraordinary writer,’ New English Library.

Valerie Kershaw won The Lichfield Prize for her novel ROCKABYE.