Lucky
A tense, twisty novel about race, power, betrayal, survival – and an addiction so compelling it threatens to destroy everything in its path
‘A fresh, exhilarating voice’ Adele Parks
‘Impossible to put down’ Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City
Etta believes she was born lucky. She believes that if she can save enough money, she and Ola can finally marry and buy a home. Willing to chance it all, she quietly begins to make money on an online gambling site – until she begins losing. Soon she has secretly lost their entire savings. Luckily, Etta has made a friend on the site, a friend who has recently won big. Perhaps she can persuade him to give her a loan, just until she wins the money back. What could possibly go wrong?
Lucky is about chance, fortune and twists of fate. It examines societal factors that can turn lives upside down: from the increasingly popular online gambling to migration and the movement of people. Ultimately, Lucky is a book that examines the risks we all take to survive.
This deep dive into gambling addiction packs a huge emotional punch. I devoured it’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said
‘Unbelievably tense and twisty – I loved it’ Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request
‘Timely, absorbing, unsettling and unflinching, with a dark, knowing wit. I’ve been thinking about it for days and I’ll be recommending it to everyone’ Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies
”'A compelling, warm and clever read. Betrayal, blackmail, a marriage on hold, Lucky has all the ingredients of a page-turning thriller or a top-notch noir crime novel and yet Edwards is also writing towards conversations about race and everyday social injustice too. Read Lucky because it embraces the concerns of our everyday humanity in a post-Brexit, post-pandemic world of debt and insecurity. Her protagonist Etta, is driven by the forces of a world on the edge” - Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch
”'Terrifying…realistic enough to make the reader break out in a cold sweat…such is Edwards’s skill at creating a can’t-look-can’t-look-away pile-up that the denouement comes as a proper surprise” - Guardian
”'A fresh, exhilarating voice” - Adele Parks
”'Unbelievably tense and twisty” - Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request
”'This deep dive into gambling addiction packs a huge emotional punch. I devoured it” - Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said
”'A brilliant portrayal of one woman’s descent into the world of online gambling - I felt every spin of the wheel; the highs of adrenaline followed by stomach churning nausea” - Nikki Smith, author of All In Her Head
”'Tense beyond belief but impossible to put down. Dark, absorbing and brilliantly terrifying” - Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City
”'Love, chance and betrayal all take a seat at the table in Rachel Edward’s compelling novel, Lucky. Delivered in Rachel’s exciting and original style is a winning storyline, crafted with excellence, packed with suspense and walk-off-the-page characters you’ll think about long after turning the last page” - Olivia Kiernan, author of Play Dead for Me
”'Timely, absorbing, unsettling and unflinching, with a dark, knowing wit. I’ve been thinking about it for days and I’ll be recommending it to everyone” - Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies