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