A Gritty, Unflinching Portrait of Suburban Lives and Urban Shadows
In the quiet suburbs, Dr. Jones sits by his pool with a vodka in hand. Behind the hedge, his family trembles under the weight of his silence and sudden violence. In a cramped city flat, Sue dreams of freedom while her daughters cling to fragile normality. Across hospital corridors and morgue basements, lives unravel in sterile rooms where death is routine and compassion is in short supply.
Revolutions by Ray Leigh is not a tale of heroes, but of ordinary people caught in cycles of drink, duty, and desire. It is gritty British literary fiction that pulls readers into the psychological claustrophobia of domestic life and the dark hospital drama that plays out behind closed doors.
Told with raw intensity and haunting realism, this is psychological urban fiction for readers who crave stories of truth, pain, and fleeting beauty in the everyday. Fans of noir, medical fiction, and literary psychological thrillers will find themselves absorbed in its unflinching gaze.
Perfect for readers of: Gritty literary novels that explore family life, power, and silencePsychological fiction where tension simmers just below the surfaceBritish contemporary fiction with an edge of crime, despair, and hopeIf you are drawn to fiction that unsettles as much as it illuminates, Revolutions is a novel that will stay with you long after the final page.
Trigger warning: contains scenes of sexual violence and non-consensual sex