THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel* - is out now
Charlie's life isn't going forward - so she's decided to go back
After a tough few years floundering around the British film industry and experimenting with amateur pornography, Charlie and her best friend Laura take a trip to her familial home on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Her father's health is rapidly declining and this could be the last chance to connect with her roots. But events on the island cause Charlie to doubt her father's childhood stories - and then there's her complicated relationship with Laura. Pursuing the truth will shatter everything she thought knew - but is that what it takes to grow up?
'A gorgeous exploration of the messy and fragile nature of friendship and all the many forms of love' IRISH TIMES
'A darkly humorous, keenly observed blend of millennial drift and murder mystery from a razor-sharp writer' RED
'Witty, tender and insightful' GUARDIAN
'A perfect page-turner. I loved it' DOLLY ALDERTON
'Wonderful. Had me gripped' MARIAN KEYES
*The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023
Read MoreSo dark and funny, bleak yet full of heart, touching on friendship and love and belonging ... you're in for a treat - Ayisha MalikScenes of a Graphic Nature has all the components of a perfect page-turner: beautiful prose, truthful characters, hilarious dialogue and an addictive plot. I loved it - Dolly AldertonWonderful!!! Scenes of a Graphic Nature had me GRIPPED. About friendship and failure, Ireland and England, love and guilt, cover-ups and brutal honesty. It's really, really, really, REALLY good - Marian KeyesHighly enjoyable: full of momentum and heart. O'Donoghue is a formidable talent - Sunday Business PostA darkly humorous, keenly observed blend of millennial drift and murder mystery from a razor-sharp writer - RedWitty, tender and insightful . . . O'Donoghue is a perceptive, clever writer - GuardianA gorgeous exploration of the messy and fragile nature of friendship and all the many forms of love, as well as of the primal need we all have to belong - Irish TimesA darkly humorous, keenly observed blend of millennial drift and murder mystery from a razor-sharp writer - Red