Sophisticated, suspenseful, unsettling, and highly recommended: a terrific debut from an author to watch

Lee Child on The Guilty One

Thought provoking, brave and challenging, this book is an unsettling and compulsive read

Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of Sister and Afterwards, on The Guilty One

This is a subject that grips the attention like a vice

Daily Mail on The Guilty One

Flitting effortlessly between past and present, this is a suspenseful, gritty and emotionally charged journey of an estranged father and daughter, exploring the strength of family ties and our huge capacity for forgiveness.

Mature Times

A sweet novel of love, redemption, and loss that chronicles one family's struggle with a difficult past.

Kirkus

Ballantyne has a natural gift for storytelling and the central narrative here is well-developed and fast-moving. She evidently cares for her principal characters, and, because she does so, readers are likely to do likewise.

The Scotsman

Ballantyne weaves a fine tale of family drama, dark secrets, and the past's effect on the present...heart-wrenching.

Publisher's Weekly