Brilliant from start to finish

Woman's Own

An emotional, electrifying thriller that will have you hooked

Psychologies

Heart-stopping ... a deeply felt, superb novel about female vulnerability, motherhood and the way man hands on inhumanity to man

Literary Review

An ingenious hook, expertly developed and carried through in a typically propulsive, intelligent read. Watt manages to take the most disturbing of subjects and avoid making it feel exploitative or mawkish. Her love of Dartmoor - wild and secretive - shines through, even as we understand its danger, but it was the sense of past traumas impacting on the present that struck me in this cat-and-mouse read

Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation

In Holly Watt's electrifying new novel, The Good Listener, she manages the near-impossible feat of balancing a heartbreaking and original premise with edge-of-the-seat suspense. Bold in style and beautifully written, grieving mother Clara Brennan is a protagonist to root for, and this rare gem of a thriller deserves to rocket to the top of your reading list

Fiona Cummins, author of The Neighbour and Into the Dark

That rarest of things: a brilliant book, perfectly executed. The Good Listener drew me in with pace, intrigue and emotional weight and just would not let me go. A terrific read from an author who never disappoints

Gytha Lodge, bestselling author of the Jonah Sheens Detective Agency and Dead to Me