Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023'Tense. Moving. Morally complex. Zina Pavlou is wholly unforgettable.'Rachel Rhys'Hugely powerful... Easily one of the best books you'll read this year.'Emma ChristieTHEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME.London,1954. Zina Pavlou,a Cypriot grandmother,waits quietly in the custody of the Metropolitan police. She can't speak their language,but she understands what their wary looks mean: she has been accused of the brutal murder of her daughter-in-law.Eva Georgiou,Greek interpreter for the Met,knows how it feels to be voiceless as an immigrant woman. While she works as Zina's translator,her obsession with the case deepens,and so too does her bond with the accused murderer.Zina can't speak for herself. She can't clear her own name. All she can do is wait for the world to decide...IS SHE A VICTIM OR IS SHE A KILLERA compelling historical crime novel set in the Greek diaspora of 1950s London - that's inspired by a true story - The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou is perfect for fans of Erin Kelly,Sara Collins,and Jessie Burton.'A brilliantly crafted story of two women... and an absolute page-turner'Louise Hare'Immersive,gripping,authentic'Erin Kelly'Chilling,gripping'Nikki Smith'Zina and Eva will stay with me a long,long time'Louise Fein'A gripping true-crime drama... Kyriacou's complex,perceptive and moving narrative brings these devastating events vividly to life'Philippa East'Prepare to become obsessed with Zina Pavlou!'Louise Mumford'Storytelling of the highest order... Really powerful'Leonora Nattrass'Eleni Kyriacou is a writer of immense talent... A captivating and important story written by an author at the top of her game'Victoria Dowd'A terrific re-imagining of a historical true crime case... A gripping thriller'Trevor Wood
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781837930340Number of pages: 384Dimensions: 229 x 148 mm
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Based on a true crime,this is a brilliantly crafted story of two women,Zina the accused and Eva her translator. So evocative of 1950s London and an absolute page-turner.Immersive,gripping,authentic: the kind of historical fiction that has the reader looking up from the page,astonished to find themselves in the 21st Century. Zina will stay with me for a long,long time.Tense. Moving. Morally complex. Zina Pavlou is part monster,part victim and wholly unforgettable.A hugely powerful book. Beautifully written characters and a gripping story that's at times agonisingly tense,at others deeply moving. You'll be thinking about this book for weeks after you finish reading. Easily one of the best books you'll read this year.A masterclass on writing character - Zina and Eva will stay with me a long,long time... I found the book impossible to put down.'You know those books where you read a bit and then you have to stop to do life stuff but the characters are still in your head and you can't wait to get back to it This is one of those and it's brilliant.'An incredibly powerful story of two women and the tragedy that destroys them both. Chilling,gripping and a story that stayed with me long after I'd finished the book.A gripping true-crime drama... Kyriacou's complex,perceptive and moving narrative brings these devastating events vividly to life.Eleni Kyriacou is a writer of immense talent and she handles this complex,passionate subject matter with stunning results. A captivating and important story written by an author at the top of her game.Storytelling of the highest order,and a fascinating re-imagining of a real-life case from the 1950s. A really powerful novel.A terrific re-imagining of a historical true crime case,Eleni Kyriacou has a real knack of bringing the fifties back to life,mixing glamour and grime in perfect proportion to produce a gripping thriller.Brilliant! As heartbreaking as it is compelling,exploring shocking times in our not-too-distant past. I'll be thinking about it for a long time. And what a page-turner!A story masterfully told with complex characters.Prepare to become obsessed with Zina Pavlou! I was hooked by this story from the start. Gorgeously dark,gorgeously addictive,a rich and very moving mystery written with elegance and aplomb.Eleni Kyriacou has a gift for capturing time and place perfectly while captivating the reader with her convincing and memorable characters. An excellent and emotional page turner.Kyriacou writes so movingly of the diaspora Cypriot experience,without shying away from the dark,the seedy,the criminal.... It is an extraordinary achievement to humanise a woman accused of not one but two brutal murders of family members; that Kyriacou does so while honouring the fictional (and real-life) victims is remarkable. This is a haunting and intensely compassionate book with complex,compelling characters who will stay with me for a very long time.Stunning. Eleni Kyriacou brilliantly evokes the true case of the second from last woman to be hung in a fictionalised account that will have the reader equally gripped and outraged.Historical Fiction full of suspense and woven with brio!Dark,gripping,utterly brilliant. Everyone needs to know this story.A gripping historical crime thriller that immerses you in smoky 1950s London. I stayed up to 2am to finish it because I had to know the conclusion.Chilling and compelling,a darkly compulsive novel that brings to life 1950s London.The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou is a gripping read... I enjoyed every minute of this book. A truly wonderful read.An absorbing tale of race and class,discrimination and prejudice... It will be a long time before I can get Zina Pavlou out of my head.A propulsive and fascinating story that hooked me from the very first page. Kyriacou's writing is confident and assured. I loved it.A compelling,nuanced and incredibly moving story showing the double standards and judgments directed at women. Loved it!
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