Double Life of Daisy Hemmings
'Atmospheric, thrilling, sexy and so clever' - Laura Pearson, bestselling author of The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up
What happens when truth and lies collide? The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings is an intoxicating mystery across past and present from Joanna Nadin.
1988, Cornwall. At seventeen, Jason wants much more from life than working in his father's pub. So when twin sisters Daisy and Bea, and their small circle of friends, arrive for a holiday in his village, Jason is determined to become part of their glamorous, intoxicating world.
2018, London. When famous actress Daisy Hemmings decides it's time to write her autobiography, she chooses James Tate to help her. James is a ghost-writer and his job is to tell other people's stories for them. He's good at it, and why wouldn't he be? He's spent years pretending to be someone else . . .
'Totally absorbing and evocative' - Kate Riordan, bestselling author of Summer Fever
'Fizzes with energy and charm . . . Bewitching' - Emylia Hall, author of The Rockpool Murder
'A captivating novel that keeps you turning its pages' - Emily Koch, author of What July Knew
A former broadcast journalist, political adviser and government speechwriter, Joanna Nadin is the author of more than eighty books for children and teenagers, including the Flying Fergus series with Sir Chris Hoy, the bestselling Rachel Riley diaries, and the Carnegie Medal-nominated Joe All Alone, which is now a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. She is also a lecturer on the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings is Joanna's third novel for adults. She has written two previous titles: The Queen of Bloody Everything and The Talk of Pram Town.