Captivating, serpentine and affecting, Nicola Maye Goldberg's Nothing Can Hurt You subverts the tropes of the “dead girl” genre in ways that impart its female characters with a dark majesty and mystery all their own

Megan Abbott

Gripping, sharp and sultry – I couldn't put it down

Pandora Sykes

A superbly unsettling account of the aftermath of a murder ... For a perceptive and moving account of people trying to process a senseless act, look no further

Books of the Month, Guardian

An utterly compulsive read ... A breath of fresh air in the realm of the thriller

Harper's Bazaar

Fascinating ... The book is less about the murder itself than about its aftermath, the long tendrils of guilt, sadness, anger and confusion that stretch out from a single act, wrapping themselves around everyone they touch

New York Times Book Review

[An] incisive true crime novel ... It serves as a powerful comment on all the female voices missing in most commercial thrillers

Metro