Bad Apple

Bad Apple

by ZojeStage (Author)

Synopsis

Your husband thinks your daughter's an angel. You know different. Seven-year-old Hanna has never said a word. Although she knows her daddy loves and understands her - and she loves him with all her heart - she doesn't feel she can trust her mummy. Wilful and clever, she chooses not to speak, making her thoughts clear in other ways. But her silence is putting a huge strain on her family. Suzette loves her daughter, but after years of tantrums, difficulties with babysitters and schools, and Hanna's markedly different behaviour towards her and her husband, she starts to fear the strained time alone with her. Suzette's health problems - precarious at the best of times - start to play up. But while her husband is sympathetic, he can't see that his beautiful wife and adorable daughter are engaged in a silent battle. Then Hanna speaks for the first time, alone, to Suzette. But what she says is chilling. Suzette wants to write it off as a scary joke, but Hanna's tricks seem to become increasingly sophisticated. With her husband blind to what his daughter may be capable of, could she be in danger from her own child? Fans of Jane Shemilt, Gillian McAllister or Jane Corry will love this page-turning story of dark domestic suspense...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Bantam Press
Published: 09 Aug 2018

ISBN 10: 0593079868
ISBN 13: 9780593079867

Media Reviews
Unnerving and unputdownable, [Bad Apple] will get under your skin and keep you trapped in its chilling grip until the shocking conclusion. * New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline *
We Need to Talk About Kevin meets Gone Girl . . . a twisty, delirious read that will constantly question your sympathies for the two characters as their bond continues to crumble. * Entertainment Weekly *
Dark and genius . . . You'll be desperate to discuss the ending once you've recovered from the shock of it. A must-read. * Catherine Ryan Howard, author of Distress Signals *
Interesting and compelling with a definite chill * Shotsmag.co.uk *
This tightly plotted, expertly choreographed tale fuses horror with domestic suspense to paint an unflinching portrait of childhood psychopathy and maternal regret. * Kirkus Reviews *
Author Bio
Zoje Stage is a writer and former filmmaker. She was a 2008 Fellow in Screenwriting from the New York Foundation of the Arts and a 2012 Emerging Storytellers Fellow from the Independent Filmmaker Project. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bad Apple is her first novel.