9781474614863
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Hardback
336pp
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Paraic O’Donnell Weidenfeld & Nicolson FB Hardback 2025

The Naming of the Birds is something very special: meaty, dark, exuberant, full of complicated people doing difficult things in terrible circumstances, and gesturing mutely towards love. I recommend it to both those who love Victorian Gothic, and those who usually run a mile from anything described as that but enjoy having their preconceptions confounded
Jon McGregor

The intrigue of a Conan Doyle, the terror of a Poe and the wit of an Oscar Wilde, all wrapped up in a delicious Victorian detective drama
Mat Osman

Splendid. Brimming with energy, the plot unfolds at a cracking pace. From the unsettling opening scenes to the dizzying acrobatics of the climax, Paraic O'Donnell tells his tale with the same exuberance displayed by his murderer who separates bodies from souls with a quite devastating flair
Diane Setterfield

The return of the deliciously irascible Inspector Henry Cutter, star turn of The House on Vesper Sands
Irish Times, ‘Books to Look Out For in 2025’

A stylish historical thriller from a writer of brio and wit
RT�, ‘Fiction Highlights’