Is this teenage girl a demonised victim or cold-blooded killer? We Need to Talk About Kevin meets The Secret History in this gripping novel about secrets & murder The air is hazy & grey with gunpowder smoke Everyone has been shot but me I haven't got so much as a bruise Is Maja a normal eighteen-year-old the poster girl-next-door popular & excelling at her schoolwork caught in the middle of a terrible tragedy? Or is she the most reviled teenager in the country? Either way everyone knows her name She has spent nine excruciating months in jail awaiting trial for a mass murder that killed her boyfriend & her best friend & now the time has come for her to enter the courtroom What people are saying about QUICKSAND ' Compelling & brutally candid especially about modern adolescence this is not a comfortable book but the story is so superbly told that it lingers in the mind long after the jury's verdict' Daily Mail 'A suspenseful & addictive experience Giolito expertly delves into the fickle psyche of the media & how they can change a story's narrative with one headline & she shames the press's tendency to report wild conjecture over facts Though Giolito's perspective is Swedish it absolutely translates to a greater global crisis' Real Crime ' Giolito gives us the unsettling monologue of a teenage girl as she works her way through her role in murder It is a splendid work of fiction' Kirkus Reviews ' Gioloto's novel is haunting & immersive' Publishers Weekly' Mystery & intrigue in its purest form Great book recommended to all' Marg J bookseller 'A fascinating often uncomfortable but thoroughly engrossing read' Sarah B Sweden's latest blockbuster thriller lives up to the hype' Washington Post ' Maja is a heroine you will not forget victim of a toxic love story with a background so familiar to us nowadays a super thriller
- a real page-turner' Mariagrazia M 'I have never read a book by a Swedish author so when Quicksand became available I decided that it was the perfect opportunity to try I certainly wasn't disappointed' Diane Hogg Net Galley Reviewer 5 'A really powerful book' Netgalley reviewer Sarah Bell Netgalley reviewer 4 'A fast-paced & intriguing mystery that was easy to read & kept me turning the pages' Kimberely Knight Netgalley reviewer 4