A literary thriller that is used as a vehicle to explore big moral issues. I loved everything about it Daily Mail An absorbing and atmospheric tale from an exciting literary talent Tatler If there were a literary prize for nail-biting first lines, Israeli writer Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's second novel, Waking Lions, would win...brave and startling Financial Times Waking Lions shows us that there's more mystery in who we think we are than in the narrative of any crime thriller Sunday Herald Tense thriller with serious moral dimension by a critically acclaimed Israeli writer The Sunday Times Crime Club [Ayelet Gundar-Goshen] can take a straightforward genre - the thriller - and use it to explore big moral and political questions about secrets, lies and race in modern-day Israel... we enter a new genre: Israeli noir' Jewish Chronicle Takes real events and fictionalises them to explore themes of self-awareness, intimacy, and the human capacity for good and evil, ignorance and indifference, concealment and deception Bookanista I couldn't stop reading it, a book I'd recommend to everyone - it's a grenade! SFR Book Club An existential novel that forces the reader to constantly interrogate his own position and ask - how would I handle this situation? Deutschlandradio Kultur The suspenseful thing about this novel is that it defies easy categories of Good or Evil, Hero or Anti-Hero. Each character carries every possibility within them WDR 3 An outstanding, brilliantly written story... doesn't let you go NDR Masterful... a breath-taking novel about loves and lies ZDF Blaues Sofa The combination of social realism, psycho-drama and thriller is so carefully devised and balanced, that there is no room for lacunae, blind spots or shallowness Suddeutsche Zeitung As with One Night, Markovitch, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen proves with Waking Lions her talent for decyphering the emotions of human beings who appear, at first glance, to have nothing in common with the reader La'Isha Praise for One Night, Markovitch: 'Tender, sensual, thought-provoking, and very funny' Financial Times; 'A fable for the twenty-first century' Sunday Telegraph; 'Utterly delightful... passionate, funny and very moving' The Times; 'Storytelling that feels instinctive... both moving and satisfying' Guardian; 'Gripping... beautifully evocative' Jewish Chronicle; 'Touching and often funny... infused with a rich and telling irony' Sunday Times; 'Steeped in wit, beauty and drama... beautifully brocaded with humour and sensuality... A magnificent story, one that keeps you gripped from beginning to end' Huffington Post; 'Gundar-Goshen's prose conveys the "sweet sound" of laughter and compassion' Independent

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen was born in Israel in 1982 and holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from Tel Aviv University. Her film scripts have won prizes at international festivals, including the Berlin Today Award and the New York City Short Film Festival Award. Her debut novel One Night, Markovitch won the Sapir Prize for best debut and is being translated into five languages.