The Short Straw is an intensely readable and gripping page turner. By turns tense, shocking and moving, and with an atmosphere you could cut with a knife * ALEX MICHAELIDES * An addictive read that takes place over one unforgettable night where one family's secrets rise to the surface - Patricia Highsmith meets Shirley Jackson * GILLIAN MCALLISTER * Deliciously creepy, and a fascinating study of the complex, often toxic, relationships within families * SHARON BOLTON * Utterly gripping and unputdownable * JANE FALLON * Having three sisters, I could relate to the sibling dynamics . . . It's twisty, gothic, and with a heartbreakingly shocking reveal * LISA HALL * Holly creates such exquisite tension that you really can't put her books down . . . I felt the sense of place, the weather, the cold in that house in my bones * EMMA CURTIS * A spectacularly dark, eerie, and haunting mystery. Should come with a 'do not read before bed' warning as you'll be spooked long after you finish turning the pages * SOPHIE FLYNN * Gripping, creepy and drenched in atmosphere * CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD * A highly enjoyable, many-layered mystery with a masterfully handled sense of foreboding...Ending was by turns terrifying, suspenseful, and heart-breaking * Melanie Golding * Three sisters find themselves stranded at the gothic manor house that dominated their troubled childhoods. This irresistible slow-burn thriller is as much a study of family dynamics as it is a creepy & suspense-filled spine-tingler * Fiona Cummins * The Short Straw is creepy, twisty and more than a little Gothic. * Sarah Hilary * Dark and twisty, The Short Straw is a slow burn thriller that will prey on your most primal fears. * Laure Van Rensburg *
