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WINNER OF BEST IRISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
IRISH TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
WINNER JOHNATON SWIFT AWARD, JACK HARTE AWARD & LONELY VOICE PLATFORM
LONGLISTED UK CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY AWARD
ARTS BURSARY RECIPIENT FROM ARTS COUNCIL OF IRELAND
IRISH JUDGE EU LITERARY AWARD
LOUISE PHILLIPS is a bestselling author of six crime thrillers, five of which were nominated for Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year in the prestigious Irish Book Awards. ‘The Doll’s House’, her second novel, won the award. She has been longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award in the UK, the Molly Keane Award & Bridport UK. She is the winner of the Jack Harte Award, the Johnaton Swift Award & the Lonely Voice Platfrom. Her fifth novel ‘The Hiding Game’ was optioned by a major U.S. film company. Her latest novel, ‘They All Lied’ was published in 2022. She is currently working on her 7th novel.
REVIEWS for NOVELS BY LOUISE PHILLIPS
‘Will enthrall you to the end’ – Liz Nugent
‘A riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller with dark secrets, which Phillips has pulled off not only with authenticity, but aplomb’ – Catherine Ryan Howard
‘Riveting and thrilling, you will not come up for air until the very last page’ - Patricia Gibney
‘Cleverly plotted and deftly woven, with surprises at every turn’ - Andrea Mara
‘One of the most original and distinctive voices in Irish Crime fiction’ - Jane Casey
‘Compassionate, compelling, and clever, it grips you from the opening page and doesn’t let you go’ - Brian McGilloway
‘Phillips knows how to conjure up suspense and darkness. An explosive thriller with brilliant twists’ - Anthony Quinn
‘Phillips has been compared to US crime writers James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell…she certainly lives up to that accolade’ – Sunday Independent
‘What’s particularly great about Phillips’ writing is her fearlessness’ – The Irish Post
‘One of the best crime writers in Ireland’ – Irish Independent
‘Phillips goes from strength to strength’ - Belfast Telegraph
‘Absolute top-drawer crime writing. Phillips is Ireland’s finest mystery writer’ – San Diego Book Review
‘Phillips never loses sight of the central ruse that draws the reader in’ – Sunday Business Post
‘Accomplished, clinical and dramatic’ – Irish Examiner
‘Phillips’ is superb at suspense, at conjuring up atmosphere with underlying humanity’ - Sunday Independent
‘A masterly psychological thriller…the foibles, fears and strengths of each fully realized character all come into play and affect their judgment. In short, they are people the reader will care about’ – Publishers Weekly
‘Superb…. thrilling and original…it has an ending that you just can’t see coming’ – Eurocrime
‘Rich in atmosphere with a complex plot that really does keep you turning the pages…cannot recommend highly enough.’ – Crimesquad
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