The author of the Richard and Judy bestseller, Daughter, explores a marriage consumed by ambition and revenge.
While working as a GP, Jane Shemilt completed a postgraduate
diploma in Creative Writing at Bristol University and went on to
study for the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa, gaining both with
distinction. Her first novel, Daughter, was selected for the
Richard and Judy Book Club, shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the
Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, and went on to become the bestselling
debut novel of 2014.
She and her husband, a professor of neurosurgery, have five
children and live in Bristol.
Breathtaking dissection of a marriage
*Woman & Home*
Instantly intriguing, chilling
*Daily Mail*
A modern Macbeth, with a compelling sense of place, good twists,
and a tense, intense ending
*bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal*
A brilliant exploration of power and responsibility, jealously and
vengeance, set against the fascinating backdrop of the world of
neurosurgery
*Daily Express*
We couldn't put this down
*Take a Break*
Praise for Jane Shemilt
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We absolutely loved this . . . It's difficult to believe that this
accomplished book is a debut
*Richard & Judy Book Club*
Builds layer upon layer of tension in a novel you won't be able to
put down
*Tess Gerritsen*
Utterly gripping. A tautly-coiled spring of suspicion and suspense
which builds to a devastating ending
*Mail on Sunday*
Thrilling
*Sunday Express*
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