The Guilty One

Lisa Ballantyne is the internationally bestselling author of four novels. Her debut, The Guilty One, was a Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller, Edgar-Award nominated and translated into nearly thirty languages. Her second novel, Good Bad Love (previously Redemption Road), was a USA Today bestseller. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

[a] moving, insightful debut ... It's easy to see why this caused such a stir at Frankfurt last year. If it isn't this year's Before I Go To Sleep, I'll eat my laptop The Guardian An absorbing psychological debut Company (Top Pick) It's one of the best debuts I've ever encountered -- Shari Low The Daily Record Lisa Ballantyne has written a first novel that is both moving and suspenseful; richly detailed, yet with the eerie simplicity of a parable Joyce Carol Oates This is an outstanding work of fiction, and the real crime would have been if the talent of Lisa Ballantyne had never been discovered Daily Record Thought provoking, brave and challenging, this book is an unsettling and compulsive read Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of Sister and Afterwards Gripping stuff More! This is an outstanding work of fiction, and the real crime would have been if the talent of Lisa Ballantyne had never been discovered Daily Record It's a work of genuine substance about real human beings with real human flaws, in which nothing can be tied up neatly because life doesn't work like that. The Guilty One puts her firmly on the list of writers to watch Irish Independant This is as assured debut novel that has 'bestseller' slapped all over it Crimesquad.co.uk Fast-paced and emotionally charged, we were tearing through it well into the night. Keep a tissue handy - you'll be a wreck by the end Emerald Street Gets better as you read it ... a novel that grips ... engrossing the reader who will want to find out what happens Dulwich Book Reviews One of the most readable, emotionally intense novels of the year, and a debut one at that. Lisa Ballantyne pulls off the key writer's trick of getting us to care about the characters; by the end of the first chapter, you will be comprehensively on the hook Richard from Richard and Judy's Book Club, Autumn 2012 Pick Wow! I finished this late yesterday afternoon at the beach...This is a really good legal thriller. I like the way the chapters