Author:Liza Ward

In 1958, as the snow fell across Nebraska, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann, climbed into a stolen car and blazed into history with a string of bloody murders that stunned America. But why, over thirty years later, does Lowell, a Manhattan antiques collector, still dream of what happened? And who is Puggy, the young girl obsessed by the murders? And then there's Caril Ann's version of the story - from the day she first met Charlie to the end of their rampage on a farm outside the town of Valentine.
Disturbing and intense, Outside Valentine is a story of devastating losses and the transforming power of love.
Compelling... captivating. A must-read
—— I-DA haunting and striking account of the imagined inner lives of real people caught up in terrible events
—— Daily MailImpeccably drawn...astonishingly poetic yet palpable prose
—— ElleWell-written and chilling
—— UncutThe handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare
—— Evening StandardA handsome, collectable hardback edition
—— Lynne Truss, The TimesIn its evocation of place, or, more exactly, of places in time, the book is masterful
—— Geoff Dyer , The GuardianBeautifully written... darkly comic
—— David Lodge






