Watch Her Fall

Critics Review

• Watch Her Fall is a triumph of storytelling, full of swooping passion and explosive twists that will take your breath away. I was entranced from the first page, losing my heart to the characters and swept up in their stories which were seamlessly intertwined in the way only a writer at the height of her powers can achieve. An absolute joy of a book

  Sarah Hilary

• In what I believe is her best book to date, Erin Kelly leaps into the dark and enchanting world of Russian ballet with a dancer’s precision. The mesmeric tale of Ava Kirilova unfolds like the darkest and most delicious fairytale. I read it in two sittings and found myself enraptured, transported, spun around and left dizzy by the final page

  Charlotte Philby, bestselling author of Part of the Family and A Double Life

• An immersive, addictive thriller set in the high-stakes world of ballet, with a jolting twist you absolutely won’t see coming

  Claire McGowan, author of The Other Wife

• Just finished Watch Her Fall – an elegant thriller set around the secretive world of elite Russian ballet. Powerful, ingenious and EXCITING. Loved peeking behind the curtain and learning about Swan Lake. Memorable characters and gasp-out-loud twists. SUPERB!

  Will Dean

• Kelly’s characters could walk into a room and take a seat next to you and you’d know who they were, and her plots are the smartest in the industry, but with this one she somehow captured the intense, constrained, sinister world of ballet. I absolutely loved it

  Gillian McAllister, author of Sunday Times bestseller How to Disappear

• A captivating hall of mirrors of a novel, where nothing and no one is as they seem

  Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train

• I would read a shopping list from Erin Kelly, if it were set in the same rarified, cut-throat world in which she has set her latest novel. Watch Her Fall is not only a cleverly plotted, beautifully written thriller; it is also a mesmerising glimpse behind the curtain into a world few of us will ever see

  Clare Mackintosh

• Think Black Swan meets Killing Eve, with the most brilliant twist

  Grazia Online

• Superbly dark, gloriously twisted and utterly seductive – this is Erin Kelly at her mind-bending best

  Ruth Ware

• Kelly’s pirouetting plot is up there with her best

  Daily Express

• Erin Kelly plunges readers into the highly competitive world of ballet in Watch Her Fall

  Sunday Express S Magazine

• Thriller queen Kelly is back with a new novel about a dancer at the London Ballet Company . . . Think Black Swan but in book form

  Cosmopolitan

• Bestselling crime novelist Kelly returns with a dark tale of obsession and ambition set in a prestigious ballet company and based around the story of Swan Lake

  ipaper

• Immerse yourself in the claustrophobic, competitive world of ballet. Beautifully dark and complex. So good!

  Jane Fallon

• The new addictive thriller of 2021 . . . Gripping with a devilish twist

  Alice O'Keeffe

• This was a wild ride! Erin Kelly’s new book Watch Her Fall is a thrilling high-wire of twists and switchbacks! Brilliant

  Marian Keyes

• Watch Her Fall is a terrifically absorbing novel, rich in atmosphere, style and surprises – Erin Kelly once again leads her readers on a dark and merry dance, and they’ll love her for it

  Sarah Perry

• Glitters with dark brilliance and portrays the complex, painful world of ballet with great authenticity. I loved it!

  Kate Rhodes

• This thriller is being described as Killing Eve meets Black Swan – how amazing does that sound? Set in the world of ballet, it’s about two rival dancers and the lengths they go to to get to the top

  Good Housekeeping 'Books to Watch in 2021'

• Watch Her Fall is an absolute masterclass in misdirection, the kind of book that you finish and then turn straight back to the beginning to see how on earth she did it . . . A central twist so ingenious that this reader gasped out loud . . . The pressured, high-stakes world of professional ballet is brilliantly evoked . . . The brilliant Watch Her Fall will take some beating

  Alice O'Keeffe, The Bookseller

• Watch Her Fall dances with artistic passion and intrigue, beauty and pain; the plot pirouettes in ways that leave you breathless. More than an exciting read – it is a dazzling performance. Brava, Erin Kelly!

  Rachel Edwards

• Twisty and brilliant and completely absorbing – not only a masterclass of a thriller but also sneakily profound about identity, ambition and greed

  Bridget Collins

• Watch Her Fall is Erin Kelly’s most ambitious and captivating book to date, an absolutely enthralling look at the dark underbelly of the ballet world, built into a shifting narrative of time and place that was so thrilling and unexpected that it made my head spin

  Lisa Jewell

• It’s awfully gripping and beautifully written

  Marian Keyes for OK! Magazine

• set in the cut-throat world of ballet – the perfect backdrop for a twisty thriller that’s sure to leave you breathless

  Woman & Home

• With its compelling arena, this dark thriller executes a fouetté turn half way through that will leave you breathless

  Heat

• This multi-layered, deftly written thriller set in the cut-throat world of ballet has all the ingredients of a must-read . . . Expect deceit and duplicity and one hell of a twist!

  Red

• With major Black Swan vibes, this thriller is one of the best books we’ve read this year

  Claire Frost for Sun on Sunday Fabulous

• Full of intrigue and secrets, this is set in the dazzling and claustrophobic ballet world

  Nina Pottell for Prima

• Kelly offers a nuanced account of the lengths to which dancers will go – or are driven to – when ambition is transmuted into obsession . . . Ava is a fascinating blend of control, power, and precision in the public sphere, but who is privately plagued by neuroses . . . A noir pas-de-deux that overflows with femmes fetales, but one written with a compassionate understanding of the intolerable pressures ballerinas must learn to live with

  Irish Times

• I was utterly immersed in this rarefied but cut-throat world. From the first page I was wrapped up in Ava’s swooping, all-consuming passion and totally gripped by the explosive twists which held me to the very last page

  Adele Parks for Platinum

• A clever and brilliant thriller

  Bella

• Kelly’s best yet . . . Genius twists and turns

  Good Housekeeping

• A dark, brilliant read with the most amazing twist

  Closer

• Twist follows twist, like The Red Shoes rewritten by Patricia Highsmith

  Mail On Sunday

• It seems so effortless . . . it’s brilliant and you really do not guess what’s coming

  Virgin Radio Graham Norton

• This dark and enticing thriller transports you on a journey filled with ingenious twists and turns at every corner. Just when you think you know what’s happening, you realise everything is perhaps not quite as it seems, and you really won’t predict what’s coming. Packed with secrets, lies and mistaken identities, Watch Her Fall is a real crowd-pleaser that keeps you on your toes

  Peterborough Evening Telegraph

• The dark side of Swan Lake has inspired many books and films but this one will probably rate as one of the most original . . . Kelly’s depiction of this claustrophobic and ambitious world is brutally convincing and her silky prose makes this an easy read. You don’t have to be a dance expert to enjoy it

  Daily Mail

• The author is known for her twisty, turny tales and this one showcases her great storytelling brilliantly

  The Sun

• Set in a world of ambition and rivalry where someone is watching from the wings, the most shocking twists and secrets are revealed

  Crime Monthly

• Kelly’s shapeshifting novel is by turns a social comedy, heist caper and whodunnit while remaining a dazzling psychological thriller

  The Times

• This is a twisty, emotional, intriguing account of minds and bodies under supreme stress

  Literary Review

• Watch Her Fall is Kelly’s most ambitious novel yet, with one of her trademark clever, twisty plots, rendered twistier than ever

  Sunday Independent (Ireland)

• A new psychological thriller by Erin Kelly is always cause for celebration. And thankfully her trademarks – murky domestic setups, morally ambiguous protagonists on the verge of cracking, and a strong sense of place – are all present and correct in Watch Her Fall

  Buzz Magazine

• Kelly paints a picture of a claustrophobic, rarefied, piercingly lonely world . . . Deliciously sinister and obsessive . . . with one hell of a twist

  Observer

• Cleverly constructed . . . a curtain call and bouquets all round

  The Times

• A whipsmart novel set in the world of top-flight ballet . . . The plot twists are abundant, the prose eloquent and vivid, but it’s the relationship between Juliet and Max that gives the novel its beating heart. Your hope that the pair can find some form of happiness will keep you glued to this classy thriller

  Daily Express

• Psychological crime is the speciality of British writer Erin Kelly, and Watch Her Fall is a prime example of her work . . . this is bravura fare, with the ballet company depicted as a toxic world akin to that in the 2010 film Black Swan

  Financial Times

• Another chilling read from best-selling writer Erin Kelly

  Hello!

• Impressive and beguiling psychological thriller

  The Big Issue

• Told from several viewpoints in acts and interludes, the plot cleverly mirrors the story of the ballet. With some surprising twists and unexpected turns, it’s a good psychological thriller

  Choice Magazine

• Erin Kelly brings the claustrophobic atmosphere of a ballet company brilliantly to life in a well-paced thriller with a killer twist

  Irish Independent

• A stunner of a twist that’s so unexpected that it will change the whole way you view the plot and its damaged characters . . . With suspense and intensity, Kelly explores the dark internal battles that ballerinas go through behind the curtain, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is your typical Black Swan copycat rivalry-thriller. Watch Her Fall has hidden layers and a surprising emotional depth too . . . It is without doubt Erin Kelly’s best novel yet

  CultureFly

• Addictive . . . switches skilfully between perspectives, and there’s a clever twist that’ll make you gasp

  Cosmopolitan

• A shout from the rooftops type of book, and this is so special, I may be there for some time!

  LoveReading

• A brilliant character study as a young woman’s ambition gradually transforms into a lethal obsession

  Irish Times, Books of the Year

• A twisty psychological thriller set at a ballet company; shades of Black Swan

  Irish Examiner, picked by Louise O'Neill as one of her Books of the Year