'Impressive and unsettling'NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Eerie, shocking, provoking' GILLIAN FLYNN'Engrossing even as it horrifies' BIG ISSUE'Inescapably abhorrent yet enthralling ... Oates understands, as always, how to keep us on the hook'LOS ANGELES TIMES'Absolutely chilling ... this is Oates at her most disturbing and masterful'SEATTLE TIMES