“Grindell reads Shadow Boy’s thoughts and story, while Powell uses a variety of British accents and moves easily through shifting time periods and the alternating perspectives of the remaining characters.” —Booklist Review Audio

"Powell is particularly effective in capturing the characters’ emotions, from Mick’s menacing rage and Barbara’s frightened timidity to the three teens’ bravado mixed with despair. However, it is Powell’s portrayal of Ruby, revealing the depth and breadth of her emotions, that will grip listeners.”—Booklist

"Narrators Shaun Grindell and Emma Powell create compelling voices for the main characters, Ruby, Shadow Boy, and Anna." —AudioFile

"Hamer handles language beautifully, fashioning effortlessly evocative sentences that place the reader beside Ruby, like one of her many ghosts." —Booklist Starred Review

"This is an elegiac and uplifting novel about the indissoluble bonds between mothers and daughters and a reminder of how the imagination can set you free.” —Melanie McGrath, The Guardian

“I felt instantly protective of Ruby; the teenager with a secret so chilling I had to check the front door was locked. Hamer’s brilliant storytelling made me read on for fear Ruby’s fate depended on it.” —Anna Silverman, Grazia

“Hamer’s ability to conjure an atmosphere is certainly powerful. Particularly resonant is her portrait of the beauty and menace of the Forest of Dean.” —Rebecca Nicholson, The Sunday Times

“What holds the novel together is the tremendous momentum of the story itself, which gathers pace with every page, hooking you into its strangeness and keeping you hooked to the very last word.” —Rebecca Abrams, Financial Times

Kate Hamer is the author of The Girl in the Red Coat, which was a Costa First Novel Award finalist, a Dagger Award finalist, an Amazon Best Book of the Year 2016 and a winner of the ELLE Lettres Readers' Prize. She lives in Cardiff, Wales, with her husband and two children.