Noel O’Reilly was a student on the New Writing South Advanced writing course. He has worked as a journalist and editor at the international business media company RBI, and is now a freelance writer. Wrecker was his first novel. He lives in Brighton with his wife and children.

‘Written with a blazing energy and a Gothic edge, this portrait of 19th-century Cornwall is a cracker.’ Daily Mail‘Noel O’Reilly’s lyrical writing brilliantly evokes the struggles of life in such a dramatic setting, as well as the hypocrisy and jealousy of society and Church.’ Sunday Express‘Compelling’ Sunday Times‘full of secrets, suspicions and rumour’ Woman & Home‘With perfect prose, a fast-paced, intricate plot, and Mary, this is fiction of a literary standard that can’t fail to please the reader.’ MyWeekly‘With echoes of Du Maurier, this compelling Cornish drama weaves a tangled web of fallen faiths, of sins, seductions and deceits.’ Essie Fox‘A gripping historical tale. Laced with Cornwall and menace in equal measure. I loved it.’ Liz Fenwick‘Intense and immersive. It totally swept me away.’ Nicola Cornick‘Noel O’Reilly conjures the spectacle of disintegrating ships and the gruesome business of scavengers picking as corpses washed ashore in this story about smugglers and wreckers in a Cornish fishing village.’ MAIL ONLINE

Noel O’Reilly was a student on the New Writing South Advanced writing course. He has worked as a journalist and editor at the international business media company RBI, and is now a freelance writer. Wrecker was his first novel. He lives in Brighton with his wife and children.

‘Written with a blazing energy and a Gothic edge, this portrait of 19th-century Cornwall is a cracker.’ Daily Mail‘Noel O’Reilly’s lyrical writing brilliantly evokes the struggles of life in such a dramatic setting, as well as the hypocrisy and jealousy of society and Church.’ Sunday Express‘Compelling’ Sunday Times‘full of secrets, suspicions and rumour’ Woman & Home‘With perfect prose, a fast-paced, intricate plot, and Mary, this is fiction of a literary standard that can’t fail to please the reader.’ MyWeekly‘With echoes of Du Maurier, this compelling Cornish drama weaves a tangled web of fallen faiths, of sins, seductions and deceits.’ Essie Fox‘A gripping historical tale. Laced with Cornwall and menace in equal measure. I loved it.’ Liz Fenwick‘Intense and immersive. It totally swept me away.’ Nicola Cornick‘Noel O’Reilly conjures the spectacle of disintegrating ships and the gruesome business of scavengers picking as corpses washed ashore in this story about smugglers and wreckers in a Cornish fishing village.’ MAIL ONLINE

Noel O’Reilly was a student on the New Writing South Advanced writing course. He has worked as a journalist and editor at the international business media company RBI, and is now a freelance writer. Wrecker was his first novel. He lives in Brighton with his wife and children.

‘Written with a blazing energy and a Gothic edge, this portrait of 19th-century Cornwall is a cracker.’ Daily Mail‘Noel O’Reilly’s lyrical writing brilliantly evokes the struggles of life in such a dramatic setting, as well as the hypocrisy and jealousy of society and Church.’ Sunday Express‘Compelling’ Sunday Times‘full of secrets, suspicions and rumour’ Woman & Home‘With perfect prose, a fast-paced, intricate plot, and Mary, this is fiction of a literary standard that can’t fail to please the reader.’ MyWeekly‘With echoes of Du Maurier, this compelling Cornish drama weaves a tangled web of fallen faiths, of sins, seductions and deceits.’ Essie Fox‘A gripping historical tale. Laced with Cornwall and menace in equal measure. I loved it.’ Liz Fenwick‘Intense and immersive. It totally swept me away.’ Nicola Cornick‘Noel O’Reilly conjures the spectacle of disintegrating ships and the gruesome business of scavengers picking as corpses washed ashore in this story about smugglers and wreckers in a Cornish fishing village.’ MAIL ONLINE