**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023** **WINNER Crime Novel of the Year Irish Book
Awards 2023****Longlisted for The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award** Sally
Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father
told her to do to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally is the centre of
attention not only from the hungry media and police detectives but also a sinister voice from
a past she cannot remember. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood Sally steps
into the world for the first time making new friends and big decisions and learning that
people don't always mean what they say. But who is the man observing Sally from the other side
of the world? And why does her neighbour seem to be obsessed with her? Sally's trust issues are
about to be severely challenged . . . ***** 'In Sally Diamond Nugent has given us an
astounding creation with a singular voice . . . an absorbing twisty compulsive psychological
thriller with surprising humour and pathos' Sunday Independent 'Strikingly well-observed and
consistently surprising' The Times 'Incredible' Sara Cox 'Strange indeed . . . and smart too!
Shocking disturbing and utterly original Strange Sally Diamond will grip you from first page
to last' Paula Hawkins 'Irresistibly compelling this dark story is shocking yet endearing. A
brilliant read that will suck you in' Crime Monthly 'Liz Nugent has outdone herself. Twisted
and twisty dark and gripping no one is going to forget Sally Diamond in a hurry!' Graham
Norton 'It creeped me out (in a good way) . . . Terrific' Ian Rankin 'Dark compelling and
deeply moving' Ruth Ware 'So so good! Sally gets under your skin and worms her way into your
heart. I didn't want it to end' Jane Fallon 'I'm lost in admiration for Liz and her writing . .
. vivid pacy taut but so very moving' Marian Keyes 'Jaw-droppingly clever . . . One of the
best books I've read in a long long time. I can't stop thinking about it' Lucy Foley 'An
outstanding achievement which transforms the dark psychological thriller map with both bravura
and delicacy. One for the ages' Maxim Jakubowski
