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Sarah Hilary’s debut novel, Someone Else’s Skin, won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and was a World Book Night selection. The Observer’s Book of the Month (‘superbly disturbing’) and a Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller. No Other Darkness, the second in the series, was shortlisted for a Barry Award in the US. Fragile is her first standalone novel.Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers – <i>Fragile </i>dials the chill factor up to eleven
- Val McDermid,
<i>Fragile</i> is absolutely STUNNING, the dreamy atmosphere couples with Nell’s carnal love for Joe put me in mind of Barbara Vine . . . I was GRIPPED by <i>Fragile</i>, it took me into a whole other world and I was sorry to leave it
- Marian Keyes,
Perfectly plotted, beautifully written modern Gothic. Timeless, tense and tender, <i>Fragile</i> will worm its way deep into your heart, just as the characters insinuate themselves into each other’s lives. I absolutely loved it
- Erin Kelly,
Extraordinary . . . an immersive psychological thriller that plunges us into an underworld of emotional and physical exploitation. There are shades of Highsmith . . . Brilliant stuff
- Andrew Taylor,
Beautifully written modern Gothic. I took my time with this, savouring it – the tone of Sarah Hilary’s writing is unique to her: exploring society and human nature in a sensitive, engrossing way. Ingenious, original and brilliant
- Will Dean, author of <i>The Last Thing To Burn</i>,
<i>Fragile </i>is a fever dream. A nightmarish slant on the world delivered expertly and with heart. Tension like cold steel. Characters you won’t forget. Sarah Hilary is a modern-day Highsmith
- Steve Cavanagh,
A beguiling thriller of considerable ambition and ingenuity, <i>Fragile</i> marks Sarah Hilary as a twenty-first century du Maurier
- Eva Dolan,
So Gothically creepy and addictive, brilliant characters and set-up, but most of all just beautifully written
- Sabine Durrant,
A swirling, corrosive tale of death and deceit, as unsettling as it is beguiling
- Luke Jennings, author of the Killing Eve series,
Highly original, beautifully written
- Sharon Bolton,
Sarah Hilary’s <i>Fragile</i> is a beautifully written deep dive into the kind of seductive but dangerous darkness that hides away behind closed doors and respectable facades
- Rowan Coleman,
<i>Fragile </i>is a dark kind of modern fairytale, Cinderella re-imagined by a writer who knows how to turn a phrase until it's sharp enough to cut.
- Jane Casey,
Sarah Hilary has created a beautifully written modern Gothic masterpiece, so full of intrigue and mysteries layered upon mysteries that the unravelling may well shred your nerves, in the best way possible
- Liz Nugent,
I loved this. A riveting read, dark with dread. Written in vivid and sensuous prose. Evocative, perceptive and illuminating
- Cath Staincliffe,
Sarah Hilary’s first standalone is everything you’d expect from such a gifted writer. It’s beautifully crafted, smart and unsettling – a dark river of a book, with a chilling undertow
- Mick Herron,
Haunting and so exquisitely written
- Michelle Davies,
<i>Fragile </i>is as devastating as it is beautiful. Very few writers possess the skill to make a story as immersive as this . . . a perfectly crafted read
- Lucy Dawson,
Wonderfully twisty and atmospheric. Kept me second guessing right until the end
- Sam Baker,
Extraordinary . . . affecting, unflinching, so atmospheric, and the pin-sharp characterization is as good at it gets. Sarah has produced a novel that feels contemporary and socially important, yet somehow other-worldly . . . executed beautifully
- Caz Frear,
A stunningly written, deliciously dark and immersive thriller full of atmosphere and depth. I absolutely loved it
- Roz Watkins,
The writing is so elegant, so restrained, that it brings to mind Patricia Highsmith. <i>Fragile</i> is a very fine, and very creepy psychological thriller
- Lucy Atkins,
Tremendously atmospheric! <i>Fragile </i>will tangle you up in a house full of secrets and broken lives. Beautifully written, its dark secrets reveal themselves with a deft hand
- Rachael Blok,
I have long been an admirer of Sarah Hilary’s work, and <i>Fragile </i>is an exceptional novel. The writing is superb, and every page glitters with dark brilliance. I loved the Gothic quality of the book, the twisted plot, and the sense of peril that pervades the story
- Kate Rhodes,
A beautifully written exploration of the damage people do to each other and the lies they tell themselves along the way
- Cass Green,
In <i>Fragile</i>, Sarah Hilary has written a hypnotic novel – claustrophobic, gripping and, at times, poetic. She cleverly plays with and subverts many of the cliches of the modern crime novel to produce something startlingly original
- Andrew Wilson,
Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping. I am a huge fan
- Alex Marwood,
A gorgeously written, tense and atmospheric novel. Sarah Hilary peels back the layers of mystery so skilfully that it was impossible to look away for a moment
- Gytha Lodge,
Sarah Hilary writes beautifully and unflinchingly
- Peter James,
One of Britain’s best new crime writers
Daily Mail
<i>Fragile </i>is everything we’ve come to expect from Hilary: complex, believable characters, ingenious plotting, and rich storytelling full of intrigue and dark foreboding
- Melanie McGrath,
<p>Exquisitely written, pitch-dark, unsettling book reveals the damage to the fragile soul caused by neglect and betrayal.</p>
WI Magazine
<i>Fragile</i> is a tense, Gothic story of obsession and disappointment that will crawl under your skin and send chills down your spine.
Sunday Express