Cold Light: A Novel
“Evokes a damaged mind with the empathy and confidence of Ruth Rendell.” (The Times (London))“Hugely readable debut novel […] about the inability to know others and ourselves.” (The Independent)“Extremely intense and powerfully intriguing.” (Waterstone's)‘Ashworth has the rare gift of being able to make her reader feel perverse and voyeuristic, implicated somehow in the tragedy laid out on the pages.’ (Sunday Times (London))A grimly atmospheric mystery. (Sunday Express (London))A psychological thriller of the first order. (The Age (Australia))Another cleverly skewed tale told from the self-conscious perspective of an outsider... arrestingly observant... Ashworth’s second book confirms that the first was no one-off... her talent could take her a long way’ (The Guardian)A wonderful tale, beautifully told. (Bella)A chilling, blackly funny novel with a surreal edge about the intensity of teenage friendship. (Grazia)