"A lush, moody mystery. Darkrooms is gripping and atmospheric, as two women wrestle with guilt and injustice." - Flynn Berry, New York Times Bestselling Author of Northern Spy "Darkrooms is an intricate, twisted thriller where secrets can't stay buried--and will forever haunt a small Irish town and its inhabitants. Moody and evocative, it's a dark, layered tale and a powerful debut." - Clémence Michallon, internationally bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant "A creepy, imaginative, and moody thriller that explores the rippling effects of a young girl's disappearance in the woods near a small Irish village. A chilling mystery about damaged people and the secrets they keep." - Peter Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of Kill Your Darlings "The plot's slow burn heats up at just the right pace, and the twists excite without straining plausibility. Readers will look forward to Hannigan's next outing.

" - Publishers Weekly "Equal parts engrossing character study and moody thriller.This brooding, atmospheric suspense novel explores the grim underbelly of a small Irish town; perfect for fans of Tana French and Liz Nugent. " - Library Journal "Darkrooms is a powerful firecracker of a debut. It's an unflinching and brutal thriller, but a rare, bleeding and cadenced feminist story lurks just beneath. It is, in a single word, astonishing." - Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb "I adored this simmering, tense novel. Both gripping and propulsive, yet somehow still slow burning and intensely atmospheric, it is as disorientating as a double exposure, with layers of shifting timelines, viewpoints, secrets, memories. In it, I saw the grittiness of Colin Walsh's Kala meeting the otherworldliness of Tana French, but it forges its own dark path in its twisting uneasiness.

The reader is drawn towards uncovering the truth behind a young girl's disappearance twenty years ago, as the flawed, feral women most keen to uncover the truth struggle to hide secrets of their own. Haunting and brilliant." - Emma Van Straaten, author of Creep "Unforgettably unsettling, Darkrooms is a pitch-black witch's brew of small-town secrets and shadows. Hannigan's beguiling debut offers the reader so much more than merely a superbly-crafted mystery; it is an elegy to childhood trauma, beckoning us deeper and deeper into her Hanging Woods with every step, every whispered lie." - Nicolás Obregón, author of the The Sugar Man "Elegant, unsettling and evocative, Darkrooms is a simmering literary thriller that got under my skin. A haunting exploration of the ties that bind us to the past, and the danger of secrets long buried - I loved it. The last chapter made me cry." - Nicci Cloke, author of Her Many Faces "This is a perfectly executed and exquisitely layered piece of literary crime fiction with two relatable and flawed protagonists.

I was completely absorbed into this accomplished debut." - Chris Bridges, author of Sick to Death "A masterful, menacing debut, which neither flinches from its own integral darkness nor succumbs to it. Rebecca Hannigan is a powerful new voice in literary thriller fiction." - Anna Bailey, author of Tall Bones "Beautifully written and as claustrophobic as being locked in a cupboard under the stairs, brilliantly illustrating the damage that can be done by being brought up in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong families." - Trevor Wood, author of The Inside Man.