**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 humid 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 . . .From hot new talent, Ella King, comes an unforgettable story about a family gone bad . . ._________________________________________________________________'A powerful, hard-hitting and exquisitely written novel' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Paring-knife sharp . . . Mama is a terrifying, masterful creation' ABIGAIL DEAN'This is a cracker' HARRIET TYCE'Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once - an exploration of a very dark relationship between a daughter and her mother' OBSERVER'A riveting novel exploring how family ties can both make us and break us' RED'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
