Penguin presents the audiobook model of Pores and skin Deep by Liz Nugent, go through by Annette Flynn, Sophie Ward, Declan Rodgers , Anna Maria Everett, Daniel Betts, Trev Fleming and Michael Gould.

‘Perfect summer months read for individuals who like their escapism within the darker aspect’ Ian Rankin

The deliciously sinister new novel from the No 1 bestselling author of Richard and Judy Publication Club pick, Lying in Wait

‘I could most likely have been an actress.

It isn’t difficult to pretend to be somebody else.

Isn’t that about Epidermis Deep: The most gripping thriller of 2018 what I am doing for most of my life?’

Cordelia Russell continues to be living within the France Riviera for twenty-five years, passing herself off as an British socialite. But her fortune, and the kindness of strangers, have run out.

The arrival of the visitor from her faraway past shocks Cordelia. She reacts violently to the intrusion and flees her toned to spend a drunken night at a glittering party. As dawn breaks she stumbles home through the back streets. Also before she starts her door she can hear the flies humming. She didn’t expect the corpse inside to start out decomposing quite therefore quickly .

‘Bloody excellent!’ Denise Mina

‘An extraordinary writer – Liz Nugent maps the individual mind like a cartographer charts fresh worlds: She’s boundlessly curious and totally unflinching’ A.J. Finn

‘A tour de power … a genuinely unforgettable, sometimes terrifying central character … will charm to readers who enjoy a thrilling, fast-paced trip of psychological extremes, which delivers a shocking last twist’ Crime Club, Killer Women Publication from the Month

‘The finest psychological thriller writer currently at the job – no-one gets beneath the skin of monstrous characters like she will’ Tammy Cohen

‘A wonderful feat of imagination, totally gripping, with a fascinating character at its center’ Sabine Durrant

‘Dark, brutal and outstanding’ Colette McBeth

‘A triumph, from initial page to last!’ Sarah Hilary

‘Monumentally very good. Liz Nugent can be a beautiful writer and among the most effective storytellers in the world’ Donal Ryan

‘I loved, loved, loved Pores and skin Deep – the compassion from it, the beauty of the language, how glamour and horror intersect, how the tension twists tighter and tighter and is brilliantly performed’ Marian Keyes

‘Dazzling … chilling, mesmerising and, ultimately, damaging. Pure storytelling genius’ Tag Edwards

‘Her darkest book yet – a powerful one-sitting read’ Sinéad Crowley

‘Utterly gripping, fast paced, and featuring my favorite sociopathic female personality since Female Macbeth’ Louise O’Neill

‘Incredibly dark, twisting and utterly mesmerising – you won’t be able to put this down’ Sinéad Moriarty

‘Pitch dark and thrillingly initial’ Jane Casey