Strange Sally Diamond

by Liz Nugent · 2023

Sally Diamond has spent her whole life hidden away with her adoptive father, Thomas, in a small Irish town. When Thomas dies, Sally's pragmatic decision to cremate his body at home thrusts her into the media spotlight and a police investigation. As strangers, reporters and a mysterious voice from a past she cannot remember close in, Sally begins to uncover the horrific truth of her childhood: she was rescued from a kidnapping and abuse, her biological mother died by suicide, and a brother she never knew has been living a twisted life of his own. While trying to build a new, independent existence, Sally receives unsettling letters and packages that reveal secrets only someone present during her early years could know. The novel follows her psychological struggle with trauma, identity, and the lingering shadows of a family’s dark legacy.