I realise Im quite late to this party but, my god, what a book. Its an incredible novel, delicate yet tough, and pitted with narrative landmines. It blew me away. I havent been as enthralled by a novel for a long time. I have immediately insisted that everyone I know reads it. -- Maggie O'Farrell Surprising, chilling, and electric. The Safekeep is a simply fantastic work of literature. -- Alice Winn, bestselling author of IN MEMORIAM The Safekeep is a dream of a novel mesmerizing and shockingly good it lulls you with the lyrical beauty of its words and then slams you awake with its raw passion and rage. Part silent scream, part breathless love story -- Miranda Cowley Heller, bestselling author of THE PAPER PALACE Haunting and exquisitely poignant -- Claire Fuller Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy -- Tracy Chevalier, author of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING The story is resolved in such a bold and tender way that it becomes not merely clever, but indelible -- New York Times An impressive debut; I already look forward to Van der Woudens next * Guardian * What a staggering book. Best thing Ive read in quite a while -- Patrick Radden Keefe The Safekeep is a beautiful book, highly charged, tense, shocking and heartbreaking in equal measure.One of those rare books that feels as if its been there all along, waiting to be given a voice. And what a voice this is. -- Rachel Joyce [ A] mesmerizing debut....A novel of redemption as much as revenge, The Safekeep has the pacing and twists of a thriller * Bookpage *
