The Long Shadow: By Celia Fremlin, Author of Uncle Paul - Softcover

Beautifully written . . . Fremlin's sly, subtly feminist take on the ghost story is a gem. She has been called "Britain's Patricia Highsmith" but here, in festive mode, you're reminded of Jane Austen. (Sunday Times 'Thriller of the Month')

Perceptive, funny and genuinely chilling. (Guardian)

Britain's equivalent to Patricia Highsmith, Celia Fremlin wrote psychological thrillers that changed the landscape of crime fiction for ever: her novels are domestic, subtle, penetrating - and quite horribly chilling. (Andrew Taylor)

Genuine chiller... Splendid suspense in a brilliantly captured domestic setting. (Sunday Telegraph)

The story unfolds with brilliant ingenuity, always on the verge of explanation, ever plausibly plunging deeper. (Times)

'Happily for readers new or familiar with Fremlin's books, Faber is reissuing her complete oeuvre, and this dark, unsettling but immensely entertaining mystery - brimming with subtlety, irony, elegance and wickedly drawn character portraits - would be an excellent place to start this Christmas season. . . . The darker side of human nature is laid bare with breathtaking insight . . . A rich exploration of the dynamics of family life and a genuinely chilling psychological mystery story with a slow burn that teases and twists its way to a satisfying conclusion, The Long Shadow is the perfect accompaniment to a winter's night, a glass of wine and the glow of an open fire.' (Pam Norfolk Lancashire Evening Post)

'A real insight into human behaviour; grief, greed, revenge, narcissism . . . I can see why some people have made the comparison between Fremlin and Patricia Highsmith but she's nobody's copycat, she is a highly inventive and original writer . . . If you want a Christmas story with a difference here it is.' (Paul Burke Nudge Books)

A chilling novel of psychological suspense that made my hair stand on end . . . definitely a Christmas book with a difference . . . If you like classic, chilling psychological suspense novels then you'll love this book. (Over the Rainbow Book Blog)

'This beautifully atmospheric thriller was a pleasure to read . . . the perfect book to curl up with by the Christmas fire with the lights turned down low. I loved it!' (My Chestnut Reading Tree)

Fremlin is perfect at exploiting the family dynamic and how the relationships between family members can be more confusing and convoluted than expected. (Crimesquad)