Red Sky at Morning

Dec 4, 2025 4:37 PM

Author:Margaret Kennedy

Red Sky at Morning

‘Margaret Kennedy caught just the taste of the time, mixing a stolid domestic Englishness with 'Continental' bohemians’ Irish Times

William and Emily Crowne seem to have it all – they live a life of privilege and glamour in London, the children of a successful poet, attractive, happy, largely blind to the world around them. But life takes an unexpected turn when their mother dies, and their father is caught up in the most scandalous and notorious of criminal trials. Suddenly effectively orphans, their aunt takes them in, and they grow up alongside their cousins, Trevor and Charlotte. But tensions and jealousies are rife between the four, and soon the Crowne children find that their father’s notoriety will follow them into their adult lives, with devastating consequences.

Reviews

She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed

—— Anita Brookner

Kennedy was immensely popular in her heyday

—— Washington Post

Margaret Kennedy's poised style, cool wit and skilful characterization kept her novels welcome for three decades

—— Cambridge Guide to Literature in English

Margaret Kennedy caught just the taste of the time, mixing a stolid domestic Englishness with 'Continental' bohemians

—— Irish Times

A comic chiller in the best tradition of mad British humour

—— Daily Express

Warm humour was what made Eats, Shoots & Leaves a hit and she hasn’t lost her touch

—— Evening Standard

An inventive tale that’s sure to make you smile. Even if you’re a dog person

—— SFX

Tremendous fun

—— SciFi Now

A Gothic tale guaranteed to surprise, move and entertain

—— Woman's Weekly

I doubt there are many authors with the wit, never mind the willingness, to render the glub and gruesome as well as Lynne Truss does

—— Tor.com

Both crisply amusing and genuinely scary, it's a bold, clever fable that is highly entertaining, an enigmatic modern mystery that is destined to become a modern classic

—— The Good Book Guide

Hypnotic, stunningly alive

—— San Diego Union-Tribune

Powerful... A stunning performance... Morrison is one of the most exciting living American writers

—— Kansas City Star

Artisan-like control... As breathless as it is inevitable

—— Boston Globe

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