Daddy’s Girls
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Publisher Description
A dazzling, compulsive blockbuster of family secrets, dark ambition and deadly revenge – perfect for fans of Penny Vincenzi
‘A sumptuously sexy book’ Elle
Serena, Cate, Camilla and Venetia have grown up in a world where money can buy you anything. But as the old saying goes, it can't buy you love, and it certainly didn't buy them their father's.
Oswald Balcon revelled in belittling his daughters, often bullying them to tears. Even in their later years he still seemed to despise them.
But why did he appear to hate them so much? And did his constant sniping and backstabbing push one of them into committing the most heinous crime of all? Did one of Oswald Balcon's daughters finally snap and kill him?
Set in the glittering arenas of show business, glossy magazines, interior design, law and politics these four women play out their lives constantly under the watchful eye of the public. But only they know what happens behind closed doors locked away from the paparazzi. And as tragedy and danger stalks every one of them, the scene is set for a stunning and totally unexpected climax.
Reviews
Praise for Tasmina Perry:
‘The hottest holiday accessory this season. Slick, glossy and gloriously bitchy’ Elle
‘The perfect beach read’ Marie Claire
‘Guilty Pleasures is an intelligent and stylish 21st-century take on the Jackie Collins genre’ Red
‘Celebrates the genre of the great big beach read with no holds barred’ Good Housekeeping
‘A sumptuously sexy book’ Elle
‘There’s no shortage of drama and double-dealing in this glitzy blockbuster’ Sainsbury’s Magazine
‘Original Sin is heading straight for the bestseller lists. We loved it’ Heat
‘Is your holiday incomplete without a glamorous, suspend-disbelief read? Then grab this … The spirit of The OC bottled in a book’ Cosmopolitan
About the author
Tasmina Perry is the Sunday Times bestselling novelist of twelve novels including Daddy's Girls, one of the biggest selling debuts of 2006. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages and have sold over two million copies around the world.
A former lawyer and award-winning magazine journalist, she has edited several national titles including In Style and More. She also writes psychological thrillers under the pseudonym JL Butler. JL Butler's debut thriller Mine has been optioned by Sony Pictures and is in development with Original Film.
She lives in London with her husband, son and too many shoes.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Four daughters of wealthy Lord Oswald Balcon come under suspicion after he takes a fatal tumble in magazine journalist Perry's debut, a delightful offering for the beach set. Each daughter has a plausible motive. Actress Serena Balcon is involved with a ruthless hotelier tycoon, and her ensuing pregnancy could mean she carries the next Huntsford baron, but her father won't allow an illegitimate child to inherit the family fortune. Recently fired women's magazine editor Cate wants to put her own spin on a new upscale travel and fashion magazine, but daddy dearest tries to undermine it from the get-go. Venetia, head of a successful design company, yearns to branch out to the States, but dad, an important company shareholder, puts the kibosh on that as well. Barrister Camilla is singled out by her law firm to run for a vacant House of Commons seat, but Oswald, who has lost his seat in the House of Lords, tries to quash his daughter's political ambitions. The writing and plotting are swift, but Perry slaps on an unsatisfying conclusion and a too-pat epilogue. Still, her spicy first novel about four impossibly glam sisters and their power-driven, cantankerous father made a big splash in the U.K. and will likely do the same here.
