Penelope Evans is the author of The Last Girl, featured as a BBC book at bedtime, and considered by Ruth Rendell "as a remarkable first novel with qualities seldom found today"
Said of First Fruits
The New York Times - Penelope Evans has an uncanny way with voices... As in previous stories, the suspense turns on slow-dawning character revelations... that are advanced by a sense of numbing dread, rather than the cold shock of total surprise. Working her subtle skills, Evans again takes us deep into the psyche of someone who isn't at all what she seems.
Kirkus Reviews - A wonderfully creepy dose for people who look back on their childhood with uncritical nostalgia.
Shots Journal - The atmosphere is beautifully crafted. I have rarely read an ending as gripping - or horrifying - as this one... but be warned, this is the sort of book that you do have to put down - it's too overwhelming not to.
The Sunday Telegraph - As the scheming teenager relates her attempts to control and manipulate her trio ofschool friends, the unspoken horror of her real childhood is gradually revealed. It's a clever and disquieting book, which leaves a vivid impression after the final pages.
Penelope Evans continues with characters that are alive from the first page.
Publishers Weekly - Partly Lolita-esque twist on the psychological thriller, part straight-ahead mystery, this unusual, intriguing story mystifies throughout.
Kate Carr is the luckiest girl in the world. Everyone at school envies her because her father is such a charmer. The clever new girl Lydia envies her most of all. Sometimes Kate wonders what it would be like to have a mother like Lydia's, or even a doting grandmother like stupid Moira's, but she knows what she has is better. She is special; she is Keith Carr's 'first fruit', his only child, his offering. He is training her up in his image, to have It - his special power, the ability to manipulate people. She practices what he's taught her with devastating effect... but there's more than one story.
Other comments about the author -
"The best psychological thriller I've read for years" Jane Gardam.
'Uneasily funny, sad and terrifying. I read the book very quickly, hardly daring to put it down" Lesley Glaister.

For more about Penelope Evans and her books see www.penelopeevans.co.uk

For readers reviews see the paperback version (same name and author) on .com and .co.uk amazon sites
Other Kindle books: The Last Girl, The Trick of the Dead.

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• Literature & FictionGenre FictionPsychological
• Crime, Thriller & MysteryThrillersPsychological

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