The Daughter: One of best crime books of the year - The Times

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I lean in and whisper the question I have never let myself utter in twenty three years."Dad, did you murder Mum"

Hannah Davidson has a dementia-stricken father, an estranged TV starbrother, and a mother whose death opened up hidden fault lines beneath thesurface of their ordinary family life.


Now the same age that Jen Davidson was when she was killed, Hannahrealises she bears an uncanny resemblance to her glamorous mother, andwhen her father begins to confuse them she is seriously unnerved.


Determined to uncover exactly what happened to her mum, Hannah begins toexploit her arresting likeness, but soon the boundaries between Hannah andher mother become fatally blurred.

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'Liz Webb's The Daughter is a breathless, exciting debut' - The Sunday Times

'Compelling, beautifully written...a must read' - Sophie Hannah, author of Haven't They Grown

Author Bio

Liz Webb originally trained as a classical dancer, then worked as a secretary, stationery shop manager, art class model, cocktail waitress, stand-up comic, voice-over artist, script editor and radio drama producer, before becoming a novelist. She lives in North London with her husband, son and serial killer cat Freddie.