‘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, author of THE QUIET TENANT

‘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, author of KILL YOUR DARLINGS

‘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, author of TALL BONES

‘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, author of THE LAMB

‘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, author of CLOSE YOUR EYES

‘Tense, atmospheric and unforgettable. Darkrooms is an enthralling and haunting novel, beautifully written and skilfully plotted. And the ending will leave you gasping’
B. P. Walter, author of THE GARDEN PARTY

‘Beautifully written and claustrophobic . . . Hannigan does a brilliant job of making us empathise with her two morally dubious main characters’
Trevor Wood, author of THE INSIDE MAN

‘A finely plotted mystery, two complicated young women and a dark, dark wood, what’s not to like? I could not get enough of these characters, their unease with each other, with themselves and their small town. Darkrooms is an arresting and atmospheric debut from a striking new voice’
Emma Styles, author of NO COUNTRY FOR GIRLS

‘A perfectly executed and exquisitely layered piece of literary crime fiction with two relatable and flawed protagonists. The setting shows a rural Ireland that's far from the leprechauns and Guiness clichés but instead is something darker and more visceral. I was completely absorbed into this accomplished debut’
Chris Bridges, author of SICK TO DEATH

‘Unforgettably unsettling . . . 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, author of THE IWATA SERIES

‘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 . . . Haunting and brilliant’
Emma Van Straaten, author of THIS IMMACULATE BODY

‘Darkrooms is a twisting, shifting kaleidoscope of Irish noir . . . A real page-turner that immersed me in the very dark, claustrophobic world of policing small communities’
Nina Bhadreshwar, author of THE DAY OF THE ROARING

‘Rebecca Hannigan’s debut is deeply impressive. Skilful and unexpected, Darkrooms slowly builds dread in the stomach, takes the reader through a small town, and leads them to a horrifying conclusion’
Bonnie Burke-Patel, author of I DIED AT FALLOW HALL