The New Mother: The new gripping chiller thriller from the author of Richard & Judy bestseller, The Favour

The New Mother is a novel by Natalie Fanning that explores the themes of motherhood, murder, and suburbia. It follows Natalie, a new mother who is left alone in a new house and neighborhood when her husband returns to work. Her neighbor, Paul, offers to help her with her son, Oliver, but he has his own motives. The novel is praised for its taut, compelling, and darkly delicious writing.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

From the bestselling author of "The Favor," "The New Mother" is an addictive, bone-chilling twist on motherhood and murder in suburbia. It's hard being a new mother. Sometimes it's murder.

Natalie Fanning already loves her newborn son, Oliver, with everything she has. From the moment he was born, she knew that she was meant to be his mother, even though she didn't want that to be all she was. When Oliver refuses to sleep, and her husband Tyler returns to work, Nat is left mostly alone in a new house, in a new neighborhood, with the task of keeping her small son healthy and happy on her shoulders alone. No one else can breastfeed Oliver; no one else will protect him like she can; no one can help her. No one, that is, except her neighbor Paul.

Paul is everything Tyler isn't, and provides the lifeline she needs in what feels like the most desperate of times. When Paul is helping with Oliver, calmed by his reassuring, steady presence, Nat feels like she can finally rest. But Paul wants something in return. It's no coincidence that he's befriended Nat—she is the perfect pawn for his own plan.

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Praise for Nora Murphy:

"I couldn't put it down." - Shari Lapena

"Taut, compelling, and deliciously dark." - B. A. Paris

"Brilliant, gripping, dark, and superbly written." - Gilly Macmillan

Weight: 678g
Dimension: 240 x 160 x 40 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529068863