'Intriguing rural noir with echoes of Tana French and Donal Ryan' Catherine Kirwan

'A compulsive read from a truly gifted writer' Andrew Rosenheim

When city dweller Sarah finds herself back in the quiet midlands town of her youth, old friendships resurface,
along with memories she'd rather forget.

For Crookedwood is a town of things unspoken, of secrets past and present.

One evening, she faces a terrifying encounter in the woods near her home, with a man and his vicious dog.
As she tries to piece together what she stumbled upon in the days that follow, it starts to feel that no one,
including gardai, is taking her seriously. Is she being gaslit, or losing her grip on reality?

Because years ago, in the same woods, something happened that changed the course of her life, something
she's never been able to speak of. And now, it's all she can think about.

Crookedwood is a compulsive thriller about buried trauma, small-town vendettas and how sometimes, in order to survive, you have to return to the dark place where it all began.

ONE PERSON'S BANISHED MEMORY IS ANOTHER'S UNFINISHED BUSINESS

About the Author
Liza Costello's writing has been short-listed for the Sean O 'Faolain Short Story Competition, the Francis McManus Award and the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award. She won the Dromineer Literary Festival Poetry Award (2011) and her writing has also been broadcast on RTE Radio 1 (The Francis McManus programme, Sunday Miscellany and A Living Word), as well as published in outlets such as The Irish Independent (New Irish Writing), The Stinging Fly, Southword, Crannog, The Manchester Review, The Interpreter's Hat, Kindle Singles and Mslexia. An earlier version of her debut novel, The Estate, was originally launched as an audiobook for Audible; narrated by Denise Gough, it was chosen as an Audible crime and thriller pick of the month and was also selected as an editor's pick there. Liza lives in County Westmeath with her husband John and children Martha and Brendan.


Book Information
ISBN 9781529350166
Author Liza Costello
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher Hachette Books Ireland
Weight(grams) 222g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 28mm