Cursed Bread : Longlisted for the Women’s Prize

Charlotte says about Cursed Bread: 
"An unsettling novel dripping with obsession and envy, that toys with a mishandling of reality; just when you think you know what's going on, the rug is pulled from underneath you. Mackintosh's writing is drool-worthy!"

GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTSLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2024
THE SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

Spring, 1951. Four people meet in a small French town: the baker and his wife; the ambassador and his wife. Two belong to the town, two are outsiders.

Some time later, strange things start happening. Horses drop dead in the fields. Children grow wild and unbiddable. Ghosts are sighted after dark. Someone is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse – but who is the predator and who their prey?Audacious and mesmerizing, Cursed Bread is a darkly erotic mystery about a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.