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*LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024*

*SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION – 2023 NERO BOOK AWARDS*

After the death of a young girl, the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive family…

‘Ambitious and original’ DAVID NICHOLLS

‘Gripping… A triumph’ SUNDAY TIMES

It’s 1990 in London and, after the death of a young girl on an estate, the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive Irish family: the Greens.

At their heart sits Carmel: beautiful, other-worldly, and once destined for a future beyond her circumstances until life – and love – got in her way. Now, as the scandal unfolds and the tabloids hunt their monster, she must confront the secrets and silences that have trapped her family for so many generations.

***A DAILY TELEGRAPH, TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR***

‘Daring, brilliant… Bold and beautiful’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘A compulsive read’ THE TIMES

‘Heartbreaking’ VOGUE

Publisher Review

Heartbreaking, society-examining stuff * Vogue * Megan Nolan is one of the brightest young things around * The Times, *Summer Reads of 2023* * This is set to be electric * Sunday Times, *Five Hot Reads for 2023* * A fearless writer... marks a confident evolution in her writing * Bookseller * The millennial author everyone should be watching right now * Daily Telegraph, praise for ACTS OF DESPERATION * Thrilling... Nolan is the real deal * The Times, praise for ACTS OF DESPERATION * A mesmerising debut that is a masterpiece from the opening sentence to the bitter end * Independent, praise for ACTS OF DESPERATION *