The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller’Sharp, searching, thoroughly imagined, utterly of the moment . . .

it throws much contemporary writing into the shade’ Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall’Summerwater may be her best so far.’ The Times’This latest display of Moss’s imaginative versatility shine[s] with intelligence’ Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Summerwater is a devastating story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish highlands, and a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship and cruelty in these divided times. On the longest day of the summer, twelve people sit cooped up with their families in a faded Scottish cabin park. The endless rain leaves them with little to do but watch the other residents.