Ayelet Gundar-Goshen – författare

In the late 1930s, two men - Yaacov Markovitch, perennially unlucky in love, and Zeev Feinberg, virile owner of a lustrous moustache - are crossing the sea to marry women they have never met. They will rescue them from a Europe on the brink of catastrophe, bring them to the Jewish homeland and go their separate ways. But when Markovitch is paired with the beautiful Bella he vows to make her love him at any cost, setting in motion events that will change their lives in the most unexpected and capricious of ways.

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen was born in Israel in 1982. She holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from Tel Aviv University, has been a news editor on Israel's leading newspaper and has worked for the Israeli civil rights movement. Her film scripts have won prizes at international festivals, including the Berlin Today Award and the New York City Short Film Festival Award. One Night, Markovitch, her first novel, won the Sapir Prize for best debut.

'Gripping . . . twists and turns like a thriller' Sunday Times

'Brave and startling' Financial Times

'Classy . . . suspenseful' The Times

'I loved everything about it' Daily Mail

'Exhilarating' Guardian

Dr Eitan Green is a good man. He saves lives. Then, speeding along a deserted moonlit road in his SUV after an exhausting hospital shift, he hits someone. Seeing that the man, an African migrant, is beyond help, he flees the scene. It is a decision that changes everything. Because the dead man's wife knows what happened. And her price is not money. It is something else entirely.

A gripping, suspenseful and morally devastating drama of guilt and survival, shame and desire. It looks at the darkness inside all of us to ask: what would we do? What are any of us capable of?

'Perceptive and exquisitely observed' Observer

'Provocative' Financial Times

'Has the momentum of a psychological thriller' Daily Mail

Nofar is just an average teenage girl - so average, she's almost invisible. Serving customers ice cream all summer long, she is desperate for some kind of escape. One afternoon, a terrible lie slips from her tongue. And suddenly everyone wants to talk to her: the press, her schoolmates, and the boy upstairs - the only one who knows the truth.

A heart-stopping novel about deception and its consequences, Liar brilliantly explores how far a lie can travel - and how much we are willing to believe.

'Gundar-Goshen is adept at instilling emotional depth into a thriller plot' New York Times

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, the award-winning author of Waking Lions and Liar, returns with a powerfully compelling novel about a mother who begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime

Lilach seems to have it all: a beautiful home in the heart of Silicon Valley, a community of other Israeli immigrants, a happy marriage and a close relationship with her teenage son, Adam. But when aa local synagogue is brutally attacked, her shy, reclusive son is compelled to join a self-defense class taught by a former Israeli Special Forces officer. Then a Black teenager dies at a house party, and rumours begin to circulate that Adam and his new friends might have been involved.

As scrutiny begins to invade Lilach's peaceful home, and her family's stability is threatened, will are her own fears be the greatest danger of all?

This psychologically astute, timely and page-turning literary novel is perfect for fans of Leïla Slimani, Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha, and We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

PRAISE FOR AYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN

'It's not every day a writer like this comes our way' Guardian'Gundar-Goshen is interested in examining the messy grey areas between right and wrong, good and bad, victim and perpetrator' Financial Times'Deliciously enticing... a plot that thrills at every twist and turn' Irish Times on Liar'A classy, suspenseful tale... shine[s] a penetrating light into the dark corners of our safe lives' The Times on Waking Lines'This is storytelling that feels instinctive... both moving and satisfying' Guardian on One Night, Markovitch

Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a powerfully compelling thriller about a mother who begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime

Lilach has it all: an enviable home in Silicon Valley, a happy marriage and a close relationship with her sweet, shy teenager, Adam. But her peace is shattered when an attack on a local synagogue compels Adam to join a self-defence class run by a mysterious former army officer.

Lilach watches her son change overnight, and when Adam falls under suspicion for a classmate's death, she must face the terrible question no parent wants to ask: do you ever really know what your child is capable of?

READERS CAN'T PUT DOWN THE WOLF HUNT:

'It's not every day a writer like this comes our way' GUARDIAN

'A rich and beautiful exploration of a mother's love . . . perfectly disguised as a gripping thriller' SARAH J. NAUGHTON

'A novel of ideas, a thriller and a character study' JOHN SELF, OBSERBVER

'A meditation on paranoia and belonging' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Ensnares her characters in heart-stopping moral dilemmas' MAIL ON SUNDAY

A gripping and suspenseful moral drama that looks at the darkness inside all of us to ask: what would you do?

Dr Eitan Green is speeding through the moonlit desert in his SUV after an exhausting hospital shift when he hits someone. Seeing that the man, an African migrant, is beyond help, he impulsively flees the scene.

It is a decision that changes everything.

When the dead man's wife appears on his doorstep, her price for silence is not money but something else entirely. Meanwhile, Eitan's wife is the police detective tasked with investigating the hit-and-run, following a trail that leads dangerously close to home . . .

PRAISE FOR WAKING LIONS:

'You can't put it down' GUARDIAN

'Classy . . . suspenseful' THE TIMES

'A sophisticated, angst-filled thriller' SPECTATOR

'Complex and morally affecting' NEW STATESMAN

'I loved everything about it' DAILY MAIL