The new thriller, set in the hothouse world of a ballet school, from the multi-award-winning writer Megan Abbott, 'the perfect storyteller - compelling, confounding and unconventional' (VAL MCDERMID).

'Abbott creates a dark and mesmerising world and, as always, is so brilliant at portraying women and girls and their competition and complexities' Harriet Tyce

'The Turnout has notes of James M. Cain and Alfred Hitchcock, but it's better because it's so fresh and unexpected, so wholly revelatory. This is Megan Abbott working at the absolute height of her talent' Attica Locke

'A dreamy, sexy, a deep dive into a subculture . . . The Turnout is all those things and more, taking you so far into the world of a small ballet school that you feel the characters' aches and pains in your joints, your feet and, most dangerous of all, your heart' Laura Lippman

This is simply a masterclass in great storytelling and writing, an edgy and unpredictable tale full of nuance about the violence we inflict on others and ourselves