Victor Darnal
Noir fiction of family lies
Victor Darnal writes about what was done to women and children and then hidden behind a closed door: a baby declared dead, a mother locked away for saying so, a niche bricked up for forty years. His novels start from a real scandal and a place that burns, and they don't let go. Spare sentences, violence shown through its aftermath, never gratuitous, and always someone human in the middle of the dark.
