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When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she’s thrown back to the summer she spent waitressing at his high-end Dublin restaurant – the plush splendour of the dining rooms, the wild parties after service, the sizzling tension of the kitchens.
But Hannah also remembers how the attention from Daniel soon morphed from kindness into something darker.
Now the restaurant is shuttered and Daniel is faced with the reality of a courtroom.
His wife Julie is hiding from paparazzi lenses behind the bedroom curtains.
Surrounded by the wreckage of the past, Daniel, Julie and Hannah are all forced to reconsider what happened at the restaurant.
Their three different voices reveal a story of power and complicity, of the lies that we tell and the courage that it takes to face the truth.
‘Ferocious, minutely accurate, damning’ – Ross Raisin
‘A hugely gripping literary page-turner. Sharp, visceral and shocking’ – Claire Powell
‘A brilliantly observed, immersive novel which tells the “me too” story from every angle’ – Amber Medland
‘Service is gripping, fearless and raw’ – Una Mannion
‘I raced through Service. Sarah Gilmartin is a smart, stylish and darkly funny writer’ – Aingeala Flannery
‘I gorged every page…compelling and brilliant’ – Victoria Kennefick
‘Absolutely compelling. Every page fizzes with energy and observation’ – Rebecca Wait
‘A powerful and compelling novel from a very gifted writer’ – Joseph O’Connor
‘Consummately done. The prose is clean, crisp, perfectly-filleted; the pace and tension perfectly controlled, to the very last page’ – Lucy Caldwell
