Praise for Julie Parsons

Mary, Mary

An admirable, beautifully conceived work of a dark, compelling and original new voice’

Sunday Independent

‘Takes the psychological thriller to places it rarely dares to go . . . a first novel of astonishing emotional impact’

New York Times

A great thriller-writing talent’

Daily Mirror

‘Parsons is a writer to watch’

FRANCES FYFIELD

The Courtship Gift

A mesmeric portrait of obsession and evil’

Sunday Telegraph

‘A skilful, high-quality suspense thriller in the Ruth Rendell mode’

The Times

‘Haunting, evocative, compelling!’

JEFFERY DEAVER

Eager to Please

‘Brilliant. A star in the making’

MINETTE WALTERS

‘A clever, disturbing novel and, while comparisons with Rendell and Walters seem inevitable, Julie Parsons has her own distinctive voice’

Sunday Telegraph

‘Parsons refreshes the palate with her elegant, imaginative style’

The Times

The Guilty Heart

‘It is a remarkable book, quite outside the usual run and ambitions of crime fiction’

Independent on Sunday

The Hourglass

‘Another great accomplishment, even more deftly written . . . it has a gripping underlying menace that makes it a spell-binding read’

Irish Independent