‘Linda Segtnan audaciously faces her own worst fears as a mother in a book at once devastatingly moving, rigorously thoughtful and sweepingly ambitious’

‘Evocative and poetic. The Eighth House contrasts all the hope that comes with bringing life into the world with the terror of knowing the danger that can lie ahead. The result is fascinating, chilling and utterly haunting’

‘Brilliant. Incisive and unique, sometimes sad, but always clear-sighted and gripping’

‘Thoroughly researched and philosophically vigorous, it is an alarmingly compulsive read’

‘A daring debut’

‘At once a frank, compelling, and rigorous account of a terrible murder, and a haunting depiction of a mother’s ferocious love. I could not put The Eighth House down.’

‘The Eighth House is a story about love and love’s failures, both terrible and true. Segtnan writes with such clarity and moral precision. An important contribution to the literature of motherhood’

‘This is an extraordinary book. It moves in and around you like a ghost. I feel lucky to have experienced it’

‘An extraordinary book, I was captivated.’

‘A wonderful book; a quest to confront the monsters we make. This is a haunted and haunting story, compellingly told’

‘A tremendous and singular feat of storytelling, it grabbed me and didn’t let go’

‘Thrilling in narrative scope, and for the depth of its honesty and insight. The Eighth House weaves the ambivalent experience of early motherhood with a relentless pursuit of truth and justice for young women and girls. This book shows one woman’s determination to confront darkness with unwavering resolve and hope’

‘An exceptional book’

‘A genre-transcending true crime- story … [and] a raw portrayal of the fragility of parenthood’