'Savage brilliant merciless and mad as hell' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A thriller's bones a satire's
glare and a comeuppance story's anarchic spirit' NEW YORKER 'Lives up to the hype' SUNDAY
TIMES STYLE Nathan says he loves me because I let him see me and he knows how hard that is.
He appreciates that I let him in. I say I love him because he is not a dick in a world full of
dicks. Sarah Common is a survivor. She survived the brutal Maine winters where she learned to
hunt she survived the petty politics of the university where she teaches she survived the
fact that her attacker escaped justice and still walks free around campus. Or at least that's
what she tells herself. Nathan was the only person who believed what happened to Sarah. And
now Nathan is dead. For Sarah to survive once again she must find out what happened to Nathan
- and decide whether this time she should seek justice . . . or revenge. More praise for
NOTES ON SURVIVING THE FIRE : 'A seething fearless story wound so tight I held my breath
from page one. Brilliant!' - NATALI SIMMONDS author of GOOD GIRLS DIE LAST 'Murphy writes
with the nimbleness of a hunter: muscularly and with precision while also propelled by
undercurrents of cold simmering fury and hot big-hearted empathy.' - AUBE REY LESCURE
Women's Prize-shortlisted author of RIVER EAST RIVER WEST 'Furious fast-paced emotionally
resonant and memorable. I'll be thinking about this one for a while yet.' - ILANA MASAD Los
Angeles Times
