Motherhood can be murder…
Perfect for fans of MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER, MAGPIE and HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY.
‘Terrific, so twisted’
HARRIET TYCE
‘One hell of a ride!’
THE SUN
‘Superbly written and darkly funny. I simply couldn’t look away.’
JANICE HALLETT
‘An absolute corker’
GLAMOUR
Anna never had a real family. She never needed one.
But when she meets her birth mother, Marlene, everything changes – because the same day, she learns she’s going to have a baby of her own.
Now Anna’s hurled headfirst into a new family, whether she wants it or not. At last, Marlene has a chance to become the mother she never was. She’s so close, she can practically taste it.
And nothing – or more accurately, no one – will stand in her way.
‘Dark, funny’
GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE MONTH
‘A startlingly original, pitch dark page-turner’
CLAIRE MCGOWAN
‘Dark, brilliant, and completely and utterly compelling.’
JENNY COLGAN
‘Deliciously dark.’
JOHN MARRS
‘Marlene is a jaw-dropping creation, the mother of malign mothers’
BETH MORREY
‘A stunning ending that leaves you breathless. Astonishingly good.’
ROBERT THOROGOOD
‘Twists and turns until you really can’t imagine what might happen next’
KATY BRAND
‘Completely gripping and quite terrifying. I was utterly blindsided by its twists and turns.’
LUCY PORTER
‘Fantastic: so funny, so human – you won’t be able to put it down.’
ISY SUTTIE
Perfect for fans of MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER, MAGPIE and HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY.
‘Terrific, so twisted’
HARRIET TYCE
‘One hell of a ride!’
THE SUN
‘Superbly written and darkly funny. I simply couldn’t look away.’
JANICE HALLETT
‘An absolute corker’
GLAMOUR
Anna never had a real family. She never needed one.
But when she meets her birth mother, Marlene, everything changes – because the same day, she learns she’s going to have a baby of her own.
Now Anna’s hurled headfirst into a new family, whether she wants it or not. At last, Marlene has a chance to become the mother she never was. She’s so close, she can practically taste it.
And nothing – or more accurately, no one – will stand in her way.
‘Dark, funny’
GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE MONTH
‘A startlingly original, pitch dark page-turner’
CLAIRE MCGOWAN
‘Dark, brilliant, and completely and utterly compelling.’
JENNY COLGAN
‘Deliciously dark.’
JOHN MARRS
‘Marlene is a jaw-dropping creation, the mother of malign mothers’
BETH MORREY
‘A stunning ending that leaves you breathless. Astonishingly good.’
ROBERT THOROGOOD
‘Twists and turns until you really can’t imagine what might happen next’
KATY BRAND
‘Completely gripping and quite terrifying. I was utterly blindsided by its twists and turns.’
LUCY PORTER
‘Fantastic: so funny, so human – you won’t be able to put it down.’
ISY SUTTIE
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Reviews
Mother's Day is completely gripping and quite terrifying, an addictive story about motherhood and madness. I was utterly blindsided by its twists and turns.
A brilliant debut with all the twists and turns of Du Maurier and a stunning ending that leaves you breathless. Astonishingly good.
A fresh and complex story about the many layers of motherhood that twists and turns until you really can't imagine what might happen next. Startling and instantly intriguing.
A startlingly original, pitch dark page-turner
A twisted, gruesome and diabolically funny exploration of motherhood that I lapped up like a feral cat. Dark, weird and brilliant, Mother's Day will haunt you - particularly Marlene, a jaw-dropping creation, the mother of malign mothers.
Deliciously dark, dripping in malice and drenched with razor sharp wit. Burdess is a writer to be watched - and feared.
Fast and funny, dark and beautiful - I loved every page.
Had me absolutely gripped from the beginning. A dark and claustrophobic tale.
Superbly written and darkly funny, Mother's Day is an epic psychological thriller that revels in the visceral horror of family relationships. So brilliantly and horrifyingly executed I simply couldn't look away. Abigail Burdess is a refreshing and original writer - don't take your eyes off her.
Wickedly dark and devilishly funny, I loved this original take on the 'mother daughter' relationship. A must read for 2023!
Mother's Day is so dark and so shockingly, fabulously funny. I absolutely adored it.
Mother's Day is terrific. So dark, so twisted and one of the most batsh*t crazy characters you'll ever meet in Marlene.
Dark, brilliant, and completely and utterly compelling.
Fantastic: so funny, so human - you won't be able to put it down.
Messed up motherhood at its darkly funny and twisty best - what a debut thriller.
Read this book only if you can drop everything else in your life until you've finished it.
Dark, funny
Wickedly dark
An absolute corker. Twists and turns abound in this sharp psychological thriller that will make you sweat.
Dark and delicious
A sharply written, darkly funny, twisted page-turner about motherhood and madness.
This dark, crazy thriller is one hell of a ride!
A striking look at motherhood and mental distress. Just when you think things can't get any more shocking, they do.