Under the Sun

Critics Review

• In her beautifully written novel, Lottie Moggach gives rare insights into human relationships and the appalling things we can do to each other. Subtle, insightful and utterly compelling

  Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of SISTER

• Brilliantly atmospheric and creepy . . . I loved the heat of it, the writing, and the pulse of disappointment and hope. It’s very, very clever

  Sabine Durant, author of Lie With Me

• Under the Sun has all the hallmarks of a classic summer read . . . the pages fly by . . . Moggach’s readers will relish the sparkle of a perfect summer story that is intelligent, steamy and has great interiors

  The Times

• Gripping and intense, it’s a great read

  Best

• A beautifully observed, enthralling read

  Woman & Home

• A brilliantly atmospheric, claustrophobic look at heartbreak, identity and the notion of home.

  The Pool

• A must-have summer accessory. The way Moggach shoes the extent to which the British expat dream lives cheek by jowl with a burgeoning migrant crisis makes this a superior thriller. Surely a contender for read of the summer. A lushly written novel that combines a smouldering plot with impressive nuance.

  The Metro

• The scope of this is ambitious — what begins as a universal story about a love affair gone sour quickly becomes something much more political, a searching social commentary about displacement and institutional racism. Moggach’s setting, much like the work of Man Booker-nominated Deborah Levy, allows her to explore how behaviour can change abroad — in this case, how the British community views itself and others … what, if anything, separates the definition of expats from that of immigrants … A reminder that this is a true reflection of poverty in a post-recession world, of hopes dashed and borders tightened.

  Financial Times

• Moggach lets rip a tale that is gripping and conscientiously attuned to the queasy dynamic between expats and immigrants in a place where everyone is “learning to live somewhere between the life [they] wanted and the one [they] have.

  Sunday Times

• An enjoyable, well-observed book, and Moggach’s description of a dying love affair is particularly effective.

  Mail on Sunday

• Gripping, edge-of-your-deckchair stuff

  Saga

• A pertinent tale for our times . . . This is a book that keeps the reader, and the protagonist, guessing until the very end.

  The Guardian

• The joy of this novel is in the description – from the accurate portrayal of the death throes of a relationship, to the drab reality of a dream gone sour. Compulsively readable.

  Sunday Mirror

• Compulsively readable and brilliantly entertaining.

  People

• An unnervingly brilliant success

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• A pageturner … Lottie Moggach’s wry exploration of British expats on the Costa del Sol follows Anna, who has invested everything in her relationship with her boyfriend and their shared dream of restoring a finca. Needless to say, things quickly unravel. It’s enough to make you scurry back to Blighty.

  Sunday Times