The Fell

<p><b>Acclaimed author of <i>Summerwater</i> and <i>Ghost Wall</i>, Sarah Moss is back with a sharply observed and darkly funny novel for our times.</b><br><br><b>A tense page turner . . . I gulped <i>The Fell</i> down in one sitting - Emma Donoghue</b><br><b>Gripping, thoughtful and revelatory &ndash; Paula Hawkins</b><br><b></b><b>This slim, intense masterpiece is one of my best books of the year - Rachel Joyce</b><br><b>Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist&rsquo;s can be <i>The Times</i></b><br><br>At dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill.

Kate is in the middle of a two-week quarantine period, but she just can&rsquo;t take it any more &ndash; the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement. And anyway, the moor will be deserted at this time. Nobody need ever know.<br><br>But Kate&rsquo;s neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate&rsquo;s son, soon realizes she&rsquo;s missing. And Kate, who planned only a quick solitary walk &ndash; a breath of open air &ndash; falls and badly injures herself.

What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain rescue operation . . .<br><br>Unbearably suspenseful, witty and wise, <i>The Fell</i> asks probing questions about the place the world has become since March 2020, and the place it was before.

This novel is a story about compassion and kindness and what we must do to survive, and it will move you to tears.<br><br><b>&lsquo;One of our very best contemporary novelists&rsquo; &ndash; <i>Independent</i></b></p>