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Novels
Things to Make and Mend (2007)
The Home Corner (2013)
The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line (2021)
The Home Corner (2013)
The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line (2021)
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Ruth Thomas recommends
One Came Back (2025)
Rose McDonagh
"I found this compelling and genuinely eerie. There's a fever-dream quality to it but also a directness of gaze which makes the whole story of loss and confused identity feel distinctly plausible. Rose McDonaghhas woven such a closely layered and claustrophic tale that I was left guessing all the way through. I didn't see the ending coming but when it did I realised how cleverly she had in fact been leaving a trail tofollow. I was so impressed with the way she combines oddness with ordinariness - and how complex and frightening scenes are described with such clear-eyed precision. Apart from anything else, I always approve ofnovels which don't abandon the small-scale and the hum-drum - which is, of course, exactly what adds to the chilling effect here."
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