Publisher Review

'With razor-sharp wit, a whip-smart plot and an eerily unsettling island location - this is pretty much the perfect modern murder mystery. A proper page turner' - Ellery Lloyd, bestselling author of The Club 'A tense, moody and terrifically atmospheric book, with a vice-like grip' - SJ Watson 'Creepy and claustrophobic, [Auld Acquaintance] never loses its spell and reveals that Slater is an interesting new talent' - Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail 'Strong writing and characterisation elevate this "tense, moody and claustrophobic" debut thriller' - The Bookseller 'The house party from hell has become something of a cliche in contemporary crime fiction, but Sofia Slater brings a welcome freshness to the theme in this charmingly written first novel' - Natasha Cooper, Literary Review 'Highly effective ... takes the theme of a party on an isolated island and does particularly well with it ... A strongly atmospheric book, with echoes of the conventions of the past, back beyond Christie ... Very well constructed, set, peopled and written' - Jeremy Black, The Critic 'An intriguing first novel ... Slater's plot depends on a very human impulse, believing in something that's too good to be true' - Joan Smith, The Times 'A dark yarn about a house party that goes very wrong ... everyone's in for a terrifying time' - Orna Mulcahy, The Gloss