Angel Rock

“Beautiful. . . . Haunting. . . . Compelling.” —Denver Post

“A darkly atmospheric, haunting novel. . . . Like Daphne Du Maurier . . . Williams knows the meaning of menace.” —The Baltimore Sun

“Creates a mood of thoughtful suspense that keeps the reader curious from the start.” —The Washington Post Book World

"Although leavened here and there with Huckleberry Finn moments of early love, this is in the main a compelling page-turner where powerful, poetic writing creates a pressing sense of menace. To be read strictly with the curtains closed." —Daily Mail (London)

“Opens with a gorgeous evocation of summer . . . .The prose carries a graceful weight of detail.” –New York Times

“A compelling page-turner where powerful, poetic writing creates a pressing sense of menace.” –CNN

“One of this year’s finest works of prose. . . . An absorbing, accomplished novel about adolescence and adulthood, innocence and experience, and living with–and letting go of–the past. . . . [Has] a heartbreaking and inspiring transcendence.” –Baltimore City Paper

“Addictive. . . . Part psychological thriller, part murder mystery, part critique of dealing with loss.” –Austin American Statesman

“The mystery of the story is what keeps the pages turning, but the strength of the characters is what holds the reader’s attention.” –Bookpage