Black Mamba

Daddy, there's a man in our room is a novel that explores the depths of a father's love for his daughters and the complexities of grief and sexuality. It tells the story of Alfie, who finds himself struggling to cope with his twin daughters' imaginary friend, Black Mamba, who quickly becomes something darker and more obsessive. As Alfie and Julia, Pippa's twin and a psychotherapist, try to help the girls, they must also confront their own unspoken feelings and the true character of the presence poisoning their minds.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 06 July 2023
Publisher: Atlantic Books

Daddy, there's a man in our room!

This is the chilling announcement Alfie hears one night, when he wakes in his quiet, suburban house to find his twin daughters at the foot of his bed. It's been nine months since Pippa - their mother - suddenly died, and they've been unsettled ever since, so Alfie assumes they've probably had a nightmare. Still, he goes to check to reassure the girls. As expected, he finds no man, but in the following days, the girls begin to refer to someone called Black Mamba. What seemingly begins as an imaginary friend quickly develops into something darker, more obsessive, potentially violent. Alfie finds himself struggling to cope, and so he turns to Julia - Pippa's twin and a psychotherapist - for help. But as Black Mamba's coils tighten around the girls, Alfie and Julia must contend with their own unspoken sense of loss, their unacknowledged attraction to one another, and the true character of the presence poisoning the twins' minds.

Weight: 224g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838956608
Edition number: Main