'Haunting, fast-paced and unforgettable' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'Astonishing' LUCY ROSE
A chilling thriller' PETER SWANSON
A masterful, menacing debut' ANNA BAILEY
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Two girls went into the Hanging Woods. Only one returned.
Twenty years ago Caitlin vowed never to return to her small Irish hometown. Now she drifts from temporary jobs to temporary men, trying to escape memories of the Hanging Woods. Of what happened to Roisin there.
But with news of her estranged mother's sudden death, Caitlin is forced to return home, back to the town where everyone knows each other's business and old resentments run deep.
Roisin's sister Deedee, now a Garda, has never given up on finding the truth of what happened in those woods. And Caitlin's return makes old wounds fresh, threatening to exhume secrets that have lain buried for two decades - while the Hanging Woods begin their siren call to Caitlin and Deedee once more . . .
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FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWS OF DARKROOMS
'Honestly this is one of the best books I've ever read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'the novel grips you with its atmospheric tension and emotional resonance' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'No matter what theories I formed, I was still no where close to figuring out the final twists' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Hannigan has gone above and beyond in building astonishingly raw, brutal, real characters' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ �� ⭐
'If you like dark twisty mystery thrillers you have to keep an eye out for this one' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ '' ⭐
'This is a gripping, masterfully written debut' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"A masterful, menacing debut, which neither flinches from its own integral darkness nor succumbs to it. Rebecca Hannigan is a powerful new voice in literary thriller fiction." - Anna Bailey
"A lush, moody mystery. Darkrooms is gripping and atmospheric, as two women wrestle with guilt and injustice." - Flynn Berry
"This is a perfectly executed and exquisitely layered piece of literary crime fiction with two relatable and flawed protagonists. I was completely absorbed into this accomplished debut." - Chris Bridges
"Elegant, unsettling and evocative, Darkrooms is a simmering literary thriller that got under my skin. A haunting exploration of the ties that bind us to the past, and the danger of secrets long buried - I loved it. The last chapter made me cry." - Nicci Cloke
"Darkrooms is an intricate, twisted thriller where secrets can't stay buried - and will forever haunt a small Irish town and its inhabitants. Moody and evocative, it's a dark, layered tale and a powerful debut." - Clémence Michallon
"Unforgettably unsettling, Darkrooms is a pitch-black witch's brew of small-town secrets and shadows. Hannigan's beguiling debut offers the reader so much more than merely a superbly-crafted mystery; it is an elegy to childhood trauma, beckoning us deeper and deeper into her Hanging Woods with every step, every whispered lie." - Nicolás Obregón
"Darkrooms is a powerful firecracker of a debut. It's an unflinching and brutal thriller, but a rare, bleeding and cadenced feminist story lurks just beneath. It is, in a single word, astonishing." - Lucy Rose
"I adored this simmering, tense novel. Both gripping and propulsive, yet somehow still slow burning and intensely atmospheric, it is as disorientating as a double exposure, with layers of shifting timelines, viewpoints, secrets, memories. In it, I saw the grittiness of Colin Walsh's Kala meeting the otherworldliness of Tana French, but it forges its own dark path in its twisting uneasiness. The reader is drawn towards uncovering the truth behind a young girl's disappearance twenty years ago, as the flawed, feral women most keen to uncover the truth struggle to hide secrets of their own. Haunting and brilliant." - Emma van Straaten
"A creepy, imaginative, and moody thriller that explores the rippling effects of a young girl's disappearance in the woods near a small Irish village. A chilling mystery about damaged people and the secrets they keep." - Peter Swanson
"Beautifully written and as claustrophobic as being locked in a cupboard under the stairs, brilliantly illustrating the damage that can be done by being brought up in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong families." - Trevor Wood
"A lush, moody mystery. Darkrooms is gripping and atmospheric, as two women wrestle with guilt and injustice." - Flynn Berry
"This is a perfectly executed and exquisitely layered piece of literary crime fiction with two relatable and flawed protagonists. I was completely absorbed into this accomplished debut." - Chris Bridges
"Elegant, unsettling and evocative, Darkrooms is a simmering literary thriller that got under my skin. A haunting exploration of the ties that bind us to the past, and the danger of secrets long buried - I loved it. The last chapter made me cry." - Nicci Cloke
"Darkrooms is an intricate, twisted thriller where secrets can't stay buried - and will forever haunt a small Irish town and its inhabitants. Moody and evocative, it's a dark, layered tale and a powerful debut." - Clémence Michallon
"Unforgettably unsettling, Darkrooms is a pitch-black witch's brew of small-town secrets and shadows. Hannigan's beguiling debut offers the reader so much more than merely a superbly-crafted mystery; it is an elegy to childhood trauma, beckoning us deeper and deeper into her Hanging Woods with every step, every whispered lie." - Nicolás Obregón
"Darkrooms is a powerful firecracker of a debut. It's an unflinching and brutal thriller, but a rare, bleeding and cadenced feminist story lurks just beneath. It is, in a single word, astonishing." - Lucy Rose
"I adored this simmering, tense novel. Both gripping and propulsive, yet somehow still slow burning and intensely atmospheric, it is as disorientating as a double exposure, with layers of shifting timelines, viewpoints, secrets, memories. In it, I saw the grittiness of Colin Walsh's Kala meeting the otherworldliness of Tana French, but it forges its own dark path in its twisting uneasiness. The reader is drawn towards uncovering the truth behind a young girl's disappearance twenty years ago, as the flawed, feral women most keen to uncover the truth struggle to hide secrets of their own. Haunting and brilliant." - Emma van Straaten
"A creepy, imaginative, and moody thriller that explores the rippling effects of a young girl's disappearance in the woods near a small Irish village. A chilling mystery about damaged people and the secrets they keep." - Peter Swanson
"Beautifully written and as claustrophobic as being locked in a cupboard under the stairs, brilliantly illustrating the damage that can be done by being brought up in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong families." - Trevor Wood
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