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Our Little Cruelties

By: Liz Nugent
Narrated by: Sam O'Mahony, Stephen Hogan, Paul Hickey, Dermot Crowley, Mary-Lou McCarthy
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

'Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with' Lisa Jewell

'Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people' Val McDermid

'MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something' Marian Keyes

Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.

Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men, the competition continues - for status, money, fame, women ...

They each betray each other, over and over, until one of them is dead.

But which brother killed him?

'What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy ... her best book yet' Irish Times

'An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear, propulsive writing' Sunday Times

'Wonderful ... characters so well drawn it's hair-raising. Keeps you gripped to the very last line' Joe Duffy

'A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting' AJ Finn

© Liz Nugent 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Exciting Scary

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Critic reviews

Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with (Lisa Jewell)
Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people (Val McDermid)
MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something (Marian Keyes)
A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting (AJ Finn)
Dark, beautiful, devastating - pure genius (Lucy Foley)
Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it! (Graham Norton)
A sizzling thriller
Fascinating ... Shows how thoroughly families can mess one another up, and how sometimes the greatest mysteries are found within the psyche
The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work (Tammy Cohen)
Disturbing and addictive ... You'll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all
All stars
Most relevant
Just give the family the phone number for the nearest take away and settle in.

read in one sitting.

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I’m completely delighted to have discovered Liz Nugent. I’m an author and audio fan, yet her books are new to me and in two weeks I’ve devoured two (plus several other novels) and hers have both been totally my cup of tea. Intelligent, witty, believable and gripping. That’s what I want from a novel and she delivers all this and more. Listen, learn and love, like me. You won’t regret it.

Absolutely superb

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Twists turns and utter nastiness in the Drum family. Completely brilliant. And hateful.
Narrators were supreme - all of them

Another stunning listen

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Great look at family life and sibling relationships. Didn't see the ending coming! Very well narrated.

Really enjoyed this

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Loved it even though all the characters are so dysfunctional. I loved the fact is was not written chronological

Great

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