Part of the Family
Amazon reviewers can’t get enough:
‘I LOVED THIS BOOK’ *****
‘Gloriously gripping’ *****
‘Magnificent’ *****
‘Heart-stopping, racy and sophisticated’ *****
‘Compulsive and clever’ *****
On the surface, Anna Witherall has the perfect life. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has an enviable job, beautiful home, and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Rose. Their competent and capable nanny, Maria, is practically part of the family.
But beneath the veneer of success and happiness, Anna is hiding a dark secret, one that threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard to create. Only one thing is certain: to protect her children, she must betray them.
‘Compelling and complex – a compulsive read’ Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
‘Everyone has an agenda in this intriguing exploration of deceit and duplicity, as Philby ratchets up the paranoia to Highsmithian levels’ Guardian
‘[An] intriguing exploration of deceit and duplicity’ Guardian -
‘I devoured this beautifully written, intricately wrought and unique blend of spy thriller and domestic suspense … The twists keep coming, right down to that chilling last line’ Erin Kelly -
‘A compelling and emotionally resonant mixture of spy thriller and domestic suspense’ Daily Telegraph -
‘An enigmatic and slippery beast, a cool new generation of spy novel. Just as the characters play cat and mouse with one another, so does the author with her readers – it’s a guessing game right to the end and I turned the last page with my heart pounding. Recommended’ Louise Candlish -
‘A genre-busting spy novel that amps up the tension and will leave you trusting no one’ Red -
‘Dark and addictive and magnificent’ Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie -
‘A writer of promise’ Financial Times -
‘An espionage/domestic noir crossover in which betrayal is as inevitable as it is compulsive’ i Paper -
‘Compulsive and chilling’ Good Housekeeping -
‘A page-turning thriller’ BBC Radio 4 Open Book -
‘Like The Night Manager rewritten by Patricia Highsmith, this is a distinctively female take on spying’ Mail on Sunday EVENT Magazine -
‘Compelling and complex – a compulsive read’ Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange -
‘Spying has been her inheritance and this brilliant, beautifully crafted debut novel uses it to the full – and so much more besides’ Jon Snow, Channel 4 News -
‘Philby clearly understands something about deceit and betrayal, making this a page-turner with several cliffhanger moments, including the ending’ Daily Express -
‘A compelling debut’Daily Mirror -