
“This is how books should be written; full of trust and respect for the reader, allowing you to follow the darker paths and investigate yourself. This is a book of immense accomplishment, thrilling and clever - I absolutely devoured it, and I am left thinking simply that none of us are quite what we seem”
— Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner and Human Remains
“An absorbing, intricate and extremely original novel. It is also immensely clever and intriguing . . . What She Left is beautifully written and very emotionally involving. I hope that it garners all of the commercial and critical success it deserves”
— Claire Kendal, author of The Book of You
“A deliciously modern take on the psychological thriller ... a shifting, mesmerising, mysterious story ... very well-written and intelligently realised, occupying a territory half way between literary novel and thriller ... a memorable debut”
— Daily Telegraph
“Intriguing and successful ... a crime thriller from a different angle, Richmond's accomplished debut encourages the reader to become the sleuth ... Genuinely chilling”
— Maxim Jakubowski
“What a wonderful new voice. What a pleasure to read a thriller that's so ambitious and so full of emotion and suspense. Bravo!”
— Nicci French, author of The Memory Game and Blue Monday
“Every month brings another book billed the new Gone Girl, but we think we've found a winner”
— Marie Claire
“If you liked The Girl on the Train then I think you'll like this just as much, if not more”
— Scott Pack
“What She Left is an extraordinary and bold creation”
— Laura Wilson, Guardian
“An ingeniously original premise ... addictive”
— Sunday Express
“Guaranteed to keep you guessing”
— Irish Independent
“Strikingly modern”
— Sunday Times
What She Left
Year
2015
Pages
324
Praise
“This is how books should be written; full of trust and respect for the reader, allowing you to follow the darker paths and investigate yourself. This is a book of immense accomplishment, thrilling and clever - I absolutely devoured it, and I am left thinking simply that none of us are quite what we seem”
— Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner and Human Remains
“An absorbing, intricate and extremely original novel. It is also immensely clever and intriguing . . . What She Left is beautifully written and very emotionally involving. I hope that it garners all of the commercial and critical success it deserves”
— Claire Kendal, author of The Book of You
“A deliciously modern take on the psychological thriller ... a shifting, mesmerising, mysterious story ... very well-written and intelligently realised, occupying a territory half way between literary novel and thriller ... a memorable debut”
— Daily Telegraph
“Intriguing and successful ... a crime thriller from a different angle, Richmond's accomplished debut encourages the reader to become the sleuth ... Genuinely chilling”
— Maxim Jakubowski
“What a wonderful new voice. What a pleasure to read a thriller that's so ambitious and so full of emotion and suspense. Bravo!”
— Nicci French, author of The Memory Game and Blue Monday
“Every month brings another book billed the new Gone Girl, but we think we've found a winner”
— Marie Claire
“If you liked The Girl on the Train then I think you'll like this just as much, if not more”
— Scott Pack
“What She Left is an extraordinary and bold creation”
— Laura Wilson, Guardian
“An ingeniously original premise ... addictive”
— Sunday Express
“Guaranteed to keep you guessing”
— Irish Independent
“Strikingly modern”
— Sunday Times
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