Elizabeth Wassell's Dangerous Pity which has so-far been praised for its "lightness of touch" and "gentle irony", along with how Wassell "guides the reader effortlessly through the interactions between the characters as their actions drive them to an explosive denouement", and now in this morning's (20.07.10) edition of MetroHerald, Dangerous Pity has been praised for its "easy-reading prose". Lucy White from the MetroHerald praises Wassell as "at her best when capturing the Gauloises-scented carrés, the riveira's "brine washed" sunlight and forthing cups of café au lait which keeps the reader rapt in French fancies."

Dangerous Pity is an instantly engaging novel; the central characters mix desire, regret, grief and obsession in a heady cocktail, and the descriptions of Nice and its cultural landscape are beautifully intriguing. It is available to purchase here.