Liza Costello
Liza has been writing as long as she can remember. Her short stories and poems have been published in various magazines, including The Stinging Fly, The Irish Independent, Mslexia, The Manchester Review and The Interpreter’s House, and have also been short-listed for a number of writing competitions.
The Estate is her debut novel. An earlier version of it was released as an audiobook for Audible; narrated by Denise Gough, it was selected as an Audible Crime and Thriller Pick of the Month and as an Editor’s Pick.
Liza lives in the Irish midlands with her husband and two children.
The Estate
There’s no place like home...and Beth hopes there never will be again.
Beth never had a settled home as a child, but that’s all behind her now. She’s fine. Great. Settled in her single life. Until friends start peeling away, moving on to careers and family, leaving her feeling impatient and angry. When she bumps into Jason at a party, she spots the opportunity for her own fresh start - to turn her back on a reckless life of drinking and missed deadlines. She can build a new life, too...can’t she? When she discovers that Jason has the opportunity to house-sit a new build out of town, she glimpses her chance. There’s only one catch - Jason needs to stay in town for the sake of his new job. But Beth can keep their dreams alive on her own, can’t she?
As her drinking worsens, and new friends turn out to be prospective enemies, her sense of reality begins to unravel. As Beth comes to confront the mysteries of her own past, she moves closer to understanding the desperate crime at the heart of the estate. But first she must learn who is behind the strange attacks on her new home. And is Jason who she thought he was? Can she even trust him?
| Territory | Publisher/Agent |
|---|---|
| World | Darley Anderson Agency |
| UK & Commonwealth | Hachette Ireland |
| Audio | Audible |