Louisa Treger is for me a must-read author, and I believe A Fatal Love is her best novel to date.
Set in the murky, pseudo-glamour of post war drinking clubs in London, this beguiling account of the betrayal of a woman cursed by her beauty and her class held me rapt from the start. Both thrilling and seductive, and yet so sensitively written … it will break many hearts. Brava! What an achievement.

Essie Fox

A Fatal Love is a mesmerising and simply unforgettable read. Days on, I can't stop thinking about it and telling other people they simply must read it. I genuinely can't remember the last time I found a book so compulsive. I took it as a beach read on holiday and towards the end, I was still sitting on my sun lounger as darkness fell, simultaneously turning the pages, yet dreading the end.

This is a book that had to be written by Treger, for it is only an author of her calibre, capacity for empathy and forensic eye for detail, who could bring Ruth Ellis to life so skilfully and humanely.

Seventy years ago, a judgemental society robbed Ruth Ellis of her dignity and her voice. Louisa Treger has restored it, in this masterful, powerful and heartwrenching novel.

This is hands down my book of the year.

Kate Thompson

A powerful and compassionate novel that gives voice to one of the century's most misunderstood women and examines the abusive relationship that led her, ultimately, to kill.

Anna Mazzola

With forensically detailed research and beautifully atmospheric writing, Louisa Treger puts a human face on the woman they called a monster, and asks who was really the victim in the toxic love affair that led her to murder. Devastatingly sad and utterly compelling, this is a story that demands to be read, discussed and remembered. Perfect for book club reading, it will stay in my mind for a very long time.

Frances Quinn

A Fatal Love is an absolute triumph and worthy of every accolade. Visceral and raw, resonant and tragic, Treger brings to life Ruth Ellis's story with great skill, compassion and humanity. Shining a light on the inequity of society, the classist attitudes and prejudices that stacked up against her, there is no sugar coating, or making her out to be a saint. Instead, Ruth's story is presented as she lived. Flawed, damaged, abused and let down by every man who should have cared for her. Through the pages of this novel, Ruth's desperation to be loved and the destructive power of obsession reach out and grab your heart. A Fatal Love destroyed me in the very best way possible, and I shall be thinking about it long after I closed the final page.

Louise Fein

A novel that will move you to the core. From abused wife to abused lover, Ruth Ellis didn't stand a chance when she was sucked into the toxic gravitational pull of David Blakeley. With profound sensitivity and insight, Louisa Treger takes us inside Ruth's fractured thoughts and emotions as she puts an end to the man who has caused her so much suffering then prepares to face the hangman's noose. I cried like a baby.

Gill Paul