Stay: A Novel (Aud Torvingen) [Paperback]

Razor sharp.
New York Times

If Jack Reacher had a sister, she'd be Aud Torvingen . . . he would love her, but he'd be a little scared of her, too.
Lee Child

Aud Torvingen returnsagainst her better instinctsscarred, heartbroken, changed, but tougher and rougher than ever.

Raw with grief, Aud Torvingen wants nothing to do with the world. She is rebuilding a log cabin in the middle of the Appalachians, refusing the efforts of anyone who wants to reach her.

Until Dornan, Auds only real friend, asks her to track down his runaway fianc?e, Tammy. Aud has no love for or faith in Tammy, but she feels obliged to helpand first on the streets of New York City, and then deep in the woods of Arkansas, she finds herself up against Karp, a sociopath so artful that the law cant touch him. Fortunately, Aud has no love for or faith in the law, eithershe prefers other tools.

But perhaps even more dangerous to Aud than Karp are Auds own demons.

As arresting as a razor at the throat, Nicola GriffithsStayis a ferocious masterpiece of literary noir, a stunning juxtaposition of beauty and brutality. In its pages Griffith fuses Auds steely moral authority with a new, ever-evolving emotional depth.

Nicola Griffithis a dual UK/US citizen who lives in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of award-winning novels includingSpear,Hild, andAmmonite, and has written forNature,New Scientist,The New York Times,The Guardian, and other publications. She is the founder and cohost of #CripLit, holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University, and enjoys a ferocious bout of wheelchair boxing. She is married to the novelist and screenwriter Kelley Eskridge.

This cool, beautiful, knife-sharp trilogy  first published between 1998 and 2007  is finally back in circulation.
Sarah Weinman,The New York Times Book Review

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