'Craig's excellence lies in her ability to underpin everything with hope and the promise of redemption' Philip Womack, Daily Telegraph. 'This is a novel written with passion and moral outrage. It is a vivid portrait of a city that is at once familiar and disconcertingly strange' Joan Smith, The Times. 'Rich, Dickensian' Penny Perrick, SUNDAY TIMES. 'Throughout, the writing is confident, purposeful, quietly dynamic... Impressively, the narrative's contained momentum is achieved neither at the expense of humour (which is sharp and almost entirely successful), nor of Craig's characters' Stephanie Cross, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT. 'Her style is immediate and precise, and convincingly dramatic... Compelling... a terrific read' Yasmin Alibai-Brown, INDEPENDENT.

Amanda Craig is a well-known journalist and broadcaster. She is the author of A VICIOUS CIRCLE, IN A DARK WOOD and LOVE IN IDLENESS.