Strange Sally Diamond: A BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

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The past can never be fully forgotten in this exhilarating new novel from the author of Our Little Cruelties 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 worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say. But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally's life will be thrown into chaos once again . . .

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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 * Sunday Independent *
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
Irresistibly compelling, this dark story is shocking yet endearing. A brilliant read that will suck you in * Crime Monthly *
Strange indeed . . . and smart, too! Shocking, disturbing and utterly original, Strange Sally Diamond will grip you from first page to last -- Paula Hawkins
I devoured [it] . . . It's incredible! -- Sara Cox

Author Bio

Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in film, theatre and television. Her four novels - Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait, Skin Deep and Our Little Cruelties have each been Number One bestsellers and she has won four Irish Book Awards, as well as the James Joyce Medal for Literature. She lives in Dublin.