'Witty, tender, ultimately terrifying. Evocative and deftly done; The Hill in the Dark Grove is a book of echoes, haunted by the sheer vastness of time and landscape, and how they enact upon us and the stories we tell. A celebration of love’s persistence, a summoning of ancient lore, a superb debut.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies

'The Hill in the Dark Grove is a sumptuously written, dark meditation on aging, obsolescence, and the brutalizing march of time and progress, as well as a chilling folk horror novel. There’s something long buried in the mountains of North Wales and within the sheep herders, Carwyn and Rhian, who are economically pushed beyond their limits; Liam Higginson expertly brings it all to the surface.' Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie and A Head Full of Ghosts

'A slow-burning reeking creep of a novel about eerie ancient places and dangerous interlopers. I loved it.' Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground

'The Hill in the Dark Grove adopts familiar Welsh myths and tales - retold to build the scaffolding for Higginson's unnerving saga, his compelling writing vibrates with unease through the intimacy of Carwyn and Rhian.' Anthony Shapland, author of A Room Above a Shop

'Liam Higginson skilfully creates a troubling and loaded atmosphere in The Hill in the Dark Grove: a sense of a landscape as ancient but nonetheless unsettled. The novel is eerie in a way that is rich and abides in the mind.' Garrett Carr, author of The Boy from the Sea

'An intensely imagined and beautifully crafted novel about myth, memory, landscape and the extraordinary, unworldly power of the deep past. Powerful, inventive and gripping to the very end.' Ian McGuire, Booker-longlisted author of The North Water