The Night Visitor: the gripping thriller from the author of Magpie Lane (Paperback)

The rich characterisation makes for an alarmingly plausible riches-to-rags tale - Sunday Times

This atmospheric, propulsive novel creeps up on you like footsteps in the dead of night... a tingling layer of gothic suspense - Metro

Fabulously dark - Woman & Home

A complex, creepy and insidious novel - The Guardian

Sinister, utterly compulsive...will keep your pulse racing until its dramatic denouement - Red Magazine

An absolute cracker...Fantastic! - Sunday Mirror

Enjoyably creepy - Sunday Express

Utterly gripping - The Literary Review

Brilliantly believable...you will relish every page - The People

This is an enthralling, creepy and endlessly twisty story about secrets, lies and the destructive power of ambition. We galloped to the climax. Five stars - Heat

I read this book in one sitting. A tense psychological thriller which explores authenticity, fame, and lies and the depths you might sink to in order to protect your reputation. A page-turner that keeps you gripped from the very first page - Psychologies

Bone-chillingly good - Boundless Magazine

Such a sophisticated, layered read, I absolutely revelled in it. A wonderful, wonderful book. The plotting is superb but the real triumph is the characterisation. The moment I finished, I wanted to read it all over again - Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go

Horribly, horribly compulsive. Brilliant - Fiona Barton, author of The Widow

Elegant, clever, beautifully written. Lucy Atkins is, quite frankly, a genius - Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

Thrillingly creepy and darkly funny, The Night Visitor set me racing through the chapters with its brilliant plotting and characters that crackle off the page. A cannot tear yourself away novel - Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat

It's wonderfully creepy, in that clever way that is tied in with character, as much as plot and setting. And the beetle metaphor is just ingenious - Sabine Durrant, author of Lie With Me

It put me in mind of Misery, and Rebecca. Splendidly tense, creepy and enjoyable - Sarah Hilary, author of Quieter Than Killing

One of the most vivid, memorable and menacing characters I've ever read...Dark, tense and menacing, I was quickly drawn into the story and couldn't put it down. Readers who enjoyed Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller will adore it - CL Taylor, author of The Lie

Characters so real you could reach out and touch them. Absorbing, exciting and full of rich detail - snap this one up! - Lucie Whitehouse, author of Keep You Close

Wonderfully dark and intriguing. In Vivian, Atkins has created a fascinating and sinister character who will stay with you long after you've finished the book. Highly recommended - Linda Green, author of While My Eyes Were Closed

The tension is immediate and unrelenting; the sense of unease palpable. Deceptive on every level, this is a gripping, Rendellesque read - Mick Herron, author of Spook Street

Beautifully crafted, unsettling and utterly unputdownable, The Night Visitor explores what happens when we take someone else's story and make it our own - Nuala Ellwood, author of My Sister's Bones

Crackles with undercurrents of mistrust and menace. Tense, atmospheric and beautifully written, this unnerving tale of ambition and revenge held me captive until the last page. Brilliant - Amanda Jennings, author of In Her Wake

Clever, multilayered and morally murky. I read it with a delicious sense of dread - Tammy Cohen, author of When She Was Bad

Elegantly written with a rollercoaster of twists and turns, The Night Visitor has creepy echoes of Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal. I read it in two sittings - Elizabeth Heathcote, author of Undertow

The Night Visitor is an addictive and intricately plotted page-turner. I devoured it and I loved it - Hannah Beckermann, author and journalist

Thrilling...the sort of book you think about even when not reading, and stay up far later than you should to finish. Atkins is a master of suspense; she creates characters that you feel like you've met, and situations you never want to be in. Completely wonderful - Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, historian, author and TV presenter

It's clever, complex and compelling and grips right up to that completely unexpected twist. A chilling psychological thriller with beetles! - Fanny Blake, author of House of Dreams

A fascinating, brilliant, creepy, intelligent novel - Good Housekeeping