With a nod to the classic film Witness, The Sugar Man finds hardbitten cop Dakota Finch on the trail of a serial killer hiding in an insular religious community back in a place and a past she thought she had left behind. An unflinching and mesmerizing small town crime story. * Vaseem Khan * How exquisitely rare to read a novel as original as Nicolas Obregóns latest: a profoundly spooky thriller soaked in honey and horror, sugar and shivers, from a storyteller far too bold to write an ordinary sentence. Every turned page feels like a step taken closer towards something deep, dark, and irresistible. For readers of folkloric suspense (think The Wicker Man or Lucy Foleys marvelous The Midnight Feast), for fans of flinty, fascinating heroines, for anyone who admires rich, risky world-building on the scale of Twin Peaks take a trip to Nectar. This is a good one. * A.J. Finn * Very well plotted, and a very good read * The Critic * Brooding and intricately woven, The Sugar Man delivers a rich tapestry of characters and a deliciously claustrophobic small town setting. Addictive and oh so clever, this book is a masterclass in plotting and I inhaled it in two greedy gulps. * Ali Land, bestelling author of Good Me Bad Me * With The Sugar Man, Obregón delivers a deft and riveting mystery that I genuinely struggled to put down. This one will haunt me for a long time. * Anna Bailey * Nail-bitingly compelling and utterly engrossing, The Sugar Man keeps you turning the pages as worlds, pasts and secrets collide. * Tim Glister * Praise for Nicolįs Obregón -- : A masterpiece -- Jeffery Deaver I'm awestruck -- A. J. Finn A dark, brutal ride -- Anthony Horowitz
