<b>What a fabulous character Lucy Atkins has created in Astrid!</b> 82 with a wandering mind, she is eccentric, determined, loyal, and wholly believable. This novel, ultimately about female friendship is <b>playful, brilliantly observed, and with a plot that leaps and skips and surprises in the best possible ways. I loved it</b>

Claire Fuller

<i>Windmill Hill</i> is <b>a compulsive and skilfully woven story of loyal female friendship, memories, regrets and secrets that will not stay buried</b>. Lucy Atkins keeps the reader turning the pages hungrily

Clare Chambers

I loved <i>Windmill Hill</i>. <b>Glorious characters in an intriguing, brilliantly told story</b>. And so funny!

Nina Stibbe

Lucy Atkins, <b>a one-of-a-kind writer</b>, has reached new heights. Packed with story, character, sadness, friendship and joy, <i>Windmill Hill</i> is<b> charming and shocking by turns</b>, and <b>never fails to delight</b>

Mick Herron

Utterly gorgeous - <b>a lush, rich mystery peopled by unforgettable characters</b>

JP Delaney

I've been a firm fan of Lucy Atkins since <i>The Night Visitor</i> and the superb <i>Magpie Lane,</i> but Windmill Hill propels her into a different league. <b>Exquisitely written, with a protagonist who leaps off the page</b>, it's <b>comic, astute, heart-warming </b>and powered by two dark strands of suspense that tug you as strongly as the wind beneath the mill's sails.<b> I loved it</b>

Sarah Vaughan

<i>Windmill Hill</i> is a <b>propulsive</b> read about the lives of theatre actors; their loves, long buried secrets and what they are willing to do for fame. It is written with all the <b>addictive energy of a whodunit</b> but also the <b>elegance</b> and <b>poise</b> of literary fiction. <b>A deft display of Lucy Atkins's talents as a delicate observer of human nature and a master of intrigue</b>

Arifa Akbar

<b>Lucy Atkins is such a skilled storyteller</b>, creating <b>compelling, interesting characters</b> who remain with the reader long after the last word is read. I loved the story of friendship at the heart of <i>Windmill Hill</i> and <b>I was entranced by this exquisitely written novel</b>. It's a novel I will be giving to all my friends. Beautifully written, it has stayed with me a long time

Clover Stroud

In <i>Windmill Hill</i>, Lucy Atkins has created two <b>unforgettable </b>characters in a setting so vivid you'll be googling 'how to live in a windmill' even as you turn the last page. At turns <b>funny, poignant and fierce</b>, the novel is <b>a thrilling pageturner </b>which showcases Atkins' <b>beautiful prose</b>. I loved this book and am hoping for further adventures for our protagonists!

Sarah Franklin

Lucy Atkins is <b>an author at the top of her game </b>with <i>Windmill Hill</i>. This is<b> a compelling and multi-layered novel with so much to say about love and friendship</b>, about being young and growing old - and <b>how the concept of home can be found in another human being</b> while companionship can be found in an old, irritable windmill

Freya North

A <b>beautifully written </b>story about the endurance and strength of <b>female friendship</b>, and how we can set the past free if we find the courage to face it. Lucy Atkins writes place and character with such skill, I feel as though I have sat by the windmill with Astrid and Mrs Baker, watching the downs unfold before us and drinking a shot (or two) of Jim Beam.<b> A truly memorable story, I loved it</b>

Joanna Cannon

<b>A triumph. Funny, mysterious, moving and ingenious - a Shakespearian knot of happiness all round</b>

Philip Pullman

A <b>fascinating</b> exploration of the resilience of the aged and the determination to confront the ghosts of the past. The book<b> keeps you in suspense until the final page</b>

Michael Billington

I'm a big Lucy Atkins fan and <i>Windmill Hill</i> is <b>a brilliantly structured tale of complicated lives which moves cleverly between several timelines</b>. The protagonists are <b>fascinating</b> and the windmill almost a character in its own right. A really <b>absorbing</b> read

Adèle Geras

<b>Intelligent and gripping</b>

Good Housekeeping

<b>Mesmerising . . . beautifully written</b>

Literary Review

Make sure you read this <b>funny, moving </b>book before it becomes a film, for the <b>pleasure of Atkins's delicious writing</b>

Daily Express

<b>Funny, moving and original</b>

Best

With <b>wonderfully drawn characters</b>, this female character-led story is <b>humorous and charming</b>

Candis

Its warmth and roundness is<b> one that'll keep you turning the pages</b>

Belfast Telegraph

<b>Cleverly constructed</b>

Woman & Home

<b>Wonderful, warm and funny</b>

Peterborough Telegraph