**Ella King's new novel Dear Darling is coming April 2026. Available to pre-order now**

EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS...

'A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book... I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for a long time' LISA JEWELL

'A blistering thriller' NEW YORK TIMES

'Impossible to put down' CHRIS WHITAKER

____________________________________________________________

Seventeen-year-old Lily has a loving, normal family. So why does it suddenly feel like secrets are stirring? Like Mama is about to crack?

As a storm of memories builds over one stifling summer, Lily must recast everything. What if her house isn't a home - but a prison? What if her mother isn't a protector - but a monster...

Bold, beautifully told, and bound to keep you turning this pages, this is an unforgettable story about a family gone bad... _________________________________________________________________

Readers love getting a taste of BAD FRUIT:

'Best book I have read in a long long time. Intelligently written, really well paced. I devoured this' Reader review ?????

'A powerful, hard-hitting and exquisitely written novel' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'Paring-knife sharp... Mama is a terrifying, masterful creation' ABIGAIL DEAN

'I devoured this, was completely gripped. Beautiful, astounding for a debut novel' Reader review ?????

'This is a cracker' HARRIET TYCE

'Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once' OBSERVER

'A riveting novel exploring how family ties can both make us and break us' RED

'Beautifully captures your imagination from start to finish' Reader review ?????

'Beautiful, disturbing, impossible to put down. Bad Fruit heralds a seriously impressive new talent in Ella King' CHRIS WHITAKER

'Masterful in its evocation of the complexity of mother-daughter relationships... a writer to watch' HARPER'S BAZAAR

• We started tracking this book on August 17, 2022.
• This book was £8.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 67 times in the past 1,325 days.
• The current price of this book is £2.99 last checked one hour ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
• The lowest price to date was £0.99 last reached on August 2, 2023.
• This book has been £0.99 2 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £8.99 last reached on August 17, 2022.
• This book has been £8.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Crime, Thriller & MysteryThrillersPsychological
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionPsychological
• Literature & FictionGenre FictionComing of Age
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionMystery, Thriller & Suspense

• Publication Date: August 18, 2022
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 319 Pages
• File Size: 13 KB