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Strange Sally Diamond

Written by: Liz Nugent
Narrated by: Jessica Regan, Stephen Hogan, Sara Lynam
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Brought to you by Penguin.

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023**

**WINNER Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023**

**SHORTLISTED for The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award**

**SHORTLISTED for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2024**

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.

Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and police detectives, but also a sinister voice from a past she cannot remember. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends and big decisions, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.

But who is the man observing Sally from the other side of the world? And why does her neighbour seem to be obsessed with her? Sally's trust issues are about to be severely challenged . . .

'In Sally Diamond, Nugent has given us an astounding creation with a singular voice . . . an absorbing, twisty, compulsive psychological thriller with surprising humour and pathos' Sunday Independent

'Strikingly well-observed and consistently surprising' The Times

'Incredible' Sara Cox

©2023 Liz Nugent (P)2023 Penguin Audio

 Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

Magnificent . . .. Liz Nugent is a treasure (Shari Lapena)
I loved every damn second of it (Lisa Jewell)
Surprising, moving and shockingly original (Harlan Coben)
Strikingly well-observed and consistently surprising
I devoured [it] . . . It's incredible! (Sara Cox)
Liz Nugent has outdone herself. Twisted and twisty, dark and gripping, no one is going to forget Sally Diamond in a hurry! (Graham Norton)
In Sally Diamond, Nugent has given us an astounding creation with a singular voice . . . an absorbing, twisty, compulsive psychological thriller with surprising humour and pathos (Sophie White)
Strange indeed . . . and smart, too! Shocking, disturbing and utterly original, Strange Sally Diamond will grip you from first page to last (Paula Hawkins)
If Liz Nugent was a clockmaker she'd be Galileo . . . She is as excellent a writer as anyone living I can think of (Sebastian Barry)

Liz Nugent dares to go where many won't. What a compelling storyteller she is. Always challenging. I laughed out loud only to recoil from my laughter as the story unfolded. For this is wickedly dark territory.
And yet amidst the darkness, she allows a light to glimmer - that of a diamond'

(Sarah Winman)
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The story started of very well and was gripping till about 3/4th of the way. After that not only does it drag but the ending actually left me feeling uncomfortable and sad.
The performance of this book is excellent.

Performance is excellent

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The name of the book it self gives away how the lead character is and as we read into the story we get to know why and in what circumstances did she become the way she is now.
Sally after her dad’s death discovers the secrets of her past and the answers to why she is the way she is.
There are 2 perspectives we go back and forth in the past and present with these perspectives and we get to know how and what has happened with sally and her life. Though it is now long gone way into the past as she is a 45 year old woman but as the truth unfolds we see her character grow and the parts about her family unveil .
Dark and intense is what i would call this one but not much of a thriller if you are sensitive to topics like abduction, pedophilia, abuse and mental illness then maybe you shouldn’t read this but if you are a person who likes watching true crime videos documentaries or even podcasts then you should definitely go for this one.

Dark, Intense and very Interesting

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