Reviews

'The book is completely wonderful. I was absolutely transfixed by it. It is the most terrible, fascinating, haunting story, and the research is nothing less than astonishing. Carmen's technique impresses me more than I can say, the way she have coped with that mass of material, that enormous number of characters and story lines, not to mention an extraordinarily complex historical background, and yet all the way through kept a clear narrative voice which impels the reader to follow you. The week I spent reading it I could hardly bear to be away from it and couldn't think of anything else.'
Selina Hastings

'It's a triumph! It's so gripping and fascinating. I just HAD to keep on reading….It's superbly written, superbly researched and utterly original - it's powerful and (god this is rare) unputdownable. There's scene after scene that have the force of the very best novels - no one who reads them will forget.'
Sally Beauman

'Bad Faith is a meticulous account of what actually happened in the beautiful France we know and love during the Vichy years. Tracing the exact story of how the French State became corrupt and ordinary men and women became powerless to protect themselves and hteir children from massacre. Most of us want to forget. Carmen exposes the truth and importance of remembering. Please convey my congrats to the author.'
Nell Dunn