Utterly gorgeous - a lush, rich mystery peopled by unforgettable characters.

Lucy Atkins is such a skilled storyteller, creating compelling, interesting characters who remain with the reader long after the last word is read. I loved the story of friendship at the heart of Windmill Hill and I was entranced by this exquisitely written novel. It's a novel I will be giving to all my friends. Beautifully written, it has stayed with me a long time.

A fascinating exploration of the resilience of the aged and the determination to confront the ghosts of the past. The book keeps you in suspense until the final page.

I'm a big Lucy Atkins fan and Windmill Hill is a brilliantly structured tale of complicated lives which moves cleverly between several timelines. The protagonists are fascinating and the windmill almost a character in its own right. A really absorbing read.

Lucy Atkins is an author at the top of her game with Windmill Hill. This is a compelling and multi-layered novel with so much to say about love and friendship, about being young and growing old – and how the concept of home can be found in another human being while companionship can be found in an old, irritable windmill.

A beautifully written story about the endurance and strength of female friendship, and how we can set the past free if we find the courage to face it. Lucy Atkins writes place and character with such skill, I feel as though I have sat by the windmill with Astrid and Mrs Baker, watching the downs unfold before us and drinking a shot (or two) of Jim Beam. A truly memorable story, I loved it.

Windmill Hill is a propulsive read about the lives of theatre actors; their loves, long buried secrets & what they are willing to do for fame. It is written with all the addictive energy of a whodunnit but also the elegance and poise of literary fiction. A deft display of Lucy Atkin’s talents as a delicate observer of human nature and a master of intrigue.

I’ve been a firm fan of Lucy Atkins since The Night Visitor and the superb Magpie Lane, but Windmill Hill propels her into a different league. Exquisitely written, with a protagonist who leaps off the page, it’s comic, astute, heart-warming and powered by two dark strands of suspense that tug you as strongly as the wind beneath the mill’s sails. I loved it.

Funny, moving and original.

Windmill Hill is enormous fun and Atkins delivers an emotionally satisfying climax.

With wonderfully drawn characters, this female character-led story is humorous and charming.

Its warmth and roundness is one that'll keep you turning the pages.

In Windmill Hill, Lucy Atkins has created two unforgettable characters in a setting so vivid you’ll be googling ‘how to live in a windmill’ even as you turn the last page. At turns funny, poignant and fierce, the novel is a thrilling page turner which showcases Atkin’s beautiful prose. I love this book and am hoping for further adventures for our protagonists!

Revelling in elements of suspense, historical romance, crime — cosy and gruesome — this is a transporting and entertaining read.

Make sure you read this funny, moving book before it becomes a film, for the pleasure of Atkins’s delicious writing.

Atkin’s enjoyably cosy yarn builds to a powerful and deftly denouement as she pursues themes of friendship, memory, perception and truth.

Wonderful, warm and funny.