A Perfect Square

PRAISE FOR ISOBEL BLACKTHORN ‘The author, like an artist slowly dabbing paint upon a canvas, methodically yet tauntingly brings to life complex, damaged characters, their pasts, their struggles to relate to each other and the paths they are set upon. I strongly recommend it.’ MICHELLE SAFTICH, AUTHOR OF PORT OF NO RETURN ‘A Perfect Square is a clever, thoughtful literary novel which still manages to have a cracking plot and complex characters. It should appeal to lovers of psychological thrillers too—think artistic Gone Girl.’ KATE BRAITHWAITE, AUTHOR OF CHARLATAN ‘Isobel Blackthorn is a clever author, I very much enjoyed her biting wit.’ LOLLY K DANDENEAU ‘Isobel Blackthorn is a gifted and insightful writer who has penned this slow burning and intellectually demanding literary read.’ PAROMJIT, GOODREADS ‘Some books haunt you. You rarely know this will happen when you are reading them—the sensation creeps up on you after the last page. With A Perfect Square there was a moment as I read where my heart dropped and I knew this book would stay with me.’ RACHEL NIGHTINGALE, AUTHOR OF HARLEQUIN’S RIDDLE AND COLUMBINE’S TALE ‘Flawless’ JASMINA BRANKOVICH, WRITER ‘Blackthorn is an exceptionally skilful writer, not only at the technical level (characterisation, description, structure and so on) but at the thematic level. As she writes about the power of art, she evokes a range of emotional responses in the reader. The beautiful language in the book inspired me to create, while at one point I felt heart pounding anxiety and at the end, when I realised how few pages were left, I felt bereft because I didn’t want to leave the characters whose lives I had become absorbed in. The descriptions of art and the creative process are a reminder that there is much more below the surface than we often notice. I don’t keep many books anymore because I’ve run out of shelf space, but this is one that I will keep and return to. A marvellous work.’ GOODREADS REVIEWER