Time of Death

  Mirror

  ‘Explosive’

  Company

  ‘Darkhouse is a terrific debut by an exciting new writer’

  Independent on Sunday

  ‘Compelling’

  Glamour

  ‘Excellent summer reading…Barclay has the confidence to move her story along slowly, and deftly explores the relationships between her characters’

  Sunday Telegraph

  ‘The thriller of the summer’

  Irish Independent

  ‘If you haven’t discovered Alex Barclay, it’s time to jump on the bandwagon’

  Image Magazine

  Also by Alex Barclay

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