Book Synopsis:
The deliciously sinister new novel from the No 1 bestselling author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, Lying in Wait‘
‘I could probably have been an actress.
It is not difficult to pretend to be somebody else.
Isn’t that what I’ve been doing for most of my life?’
Cordelia Russell has been living on the French Riviera for twenty-five years, passing herself off as an English socialite. But her luck, and the kindness of strangers, have run out.
The arrival of a visitor from her distant past shocks Cordelia. She reacts violently to the intrusion and flees her flat to spend a drunken night at a glittering party. As dawn breaks she stumbles home through the back streets. Even before she opens her door she can hear the flies buzzing. She did not expect the corpse inside to start decomposing quite so quickly . . .
Skin Deep is available now in paperback and ebook, purchase your copy here.
My Review:
Ooh I did enjoy this dark, unsettling and addictive book. It’s the sort of book that you sit down to read a chapter of and then before you know it two hours have gone by!
I really didn’t like the main character Delia, which is unusual for me. She is a very vain, calculating person who I was unable to feel much sympathy for despite all the hardships she faces throughout her life. Her obsession with her looks and the importance she places on her beauty made me further dislike her. The story is told from her point of view and I thought she was quite an unreliable narrator as I didn’t feel I could trust what she was saying.
This book follows Delia through her life from nine years old and the tension in the book gradually increases as the reader learns more about the type of person Delia is. There are quite a few chilling events in her story which further increased my unease as I was never sure what she would do next. I felt that I had to keep reading to find out more about her and to see what she’d do next.
Skin Deep is an utterly addictive book which gripped me from the start and I found very difficult to put down. When I wasn’t able to read it I found myself constantly thinking about it and plotting ways I could read a few more pages. A sure sign of a fantastic book!
This is the fourth book by this author but the first I have read and I can’t wait to read more from her. It would make a great book club book as there is lots to discuss which is why it’s was chosen for the Richard and Judy book club! If you like dark, unsettling and thrilling books then you’ll love this book!
Huge thanks to Georgia from Penguin for my copy of this book and for inviting me onto the blog tour.
About The Author:
Liz Nugent is an Irish novelist, born in Dublinin 1967.
Liz Nugent attended Holy Child Killiney Secondary School Co.Dublin.
Her first novel Unravelling Oliver (PenguinIreland) won an Irish Book Award in 2014 and has been translated into seven languages, including Spanish, Italian and French. It was published by Scout Press (Simon & Schuster) in the US in August 2017.[1][2]
Her second novel Lying In Wait also won an Irish Book Award and was selected for the Spring list of the UK’s Richard & Judy Book Club in 2017, winning the overall Readers’ Vote [3] and was published in the US in June 2018.[4]
Her third novel Skin Deep was published in April 2018.[5][6]
She lives in Dublin with her husband.
(Author picture taken from Amazon and bio from Wikipedia)
Over The Rainbow Blog 
I liked this book a lot.
Always find unlikeable characters fascinating.
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They make for a very intriguing read don’t they xx
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Great review Joanna. I definitely want to read this one.
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