Lead Review

• Book: Apple Tree Yard
• Location: London
• Author: Louise Doughty

Review Author: tripfiction

If a prologue to a novel is to whet the reader’s appetite, Louise Doughty provides irresistible temptation with the opening of Apple Tree Yard… A compelling read … Recollection, interspersed with the growing tension as the trial plays out in the Old Bailey, provides a perfectly dovetailed structure. But within the thriller framework lies a wealth of acutely observed detail, a dissection of social attitudes and an examination of lust, trust, predatory sex, risky behaviour and responsibility … there is considerably more to Apple Tree Yard than thrilling narrative alone. (Herald)

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