Cuckoo

Julia Crouch

Cuckoo

Rose has it all — the gorgeous children, the husband, the beautiful home. But then her best friend Polly comes to stay. Very soon, Rose's cosy world starts to fall apart at the seams — her baby falls dangerously ill, her husband is distracted — is Polly behind it all? It appears that once you invite Polly into your home, it's very difficult to get her out again... 3.0 out of 5 based on 2 reviews
Cuckoo

Omniscore:

Classification Fiction
Genre Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Format Hardback
Pages 416
RRP £19.99
Date of Publication March 2011
ISBN 978-0755377978
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Rose has it all — the gorgeous children, the husband, the beautiful home. But then her best friend Polly comes to stay. Very soon, Rose's cosy world starts to fall apart at the seams — her baby falls dangerously ill, her husband is distracted — is Polly behind it all? It appears that once you invite Polly into your home, it's very difficult to get her out again...

Reviews

The Daily Mail

Carla McKay

This is a tale of slow-burning suspense, but Crouch, whose debut novel this is, deftly avoids the obvious and builds up a very convincing air of menace in her extremely well-described portrait of family life becoming frayed at the edges with fatal results.

24/03/2011

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The Daily Telegraph

Jake Kerridge

The novels of Nicci French started the vogue for thrillers in which successful middle-class women find their lives starting to unravel while readers either sympathise or cheer. Julia Crouch’s debut sticks to this familiar territory but it is very enjoyable: expertly paced and cleverly ambiguous.

14/04/2011

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