Book after Book

Hi Phoebe ! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The Babysitter ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: The Babysitter is about a murder investigation in Suffolk – a woman called Caroline Harvey is found dead one evening, and the baby she was looking after is missing. The book opens with a family holiday being rudely interrupted by the French police, because the husband is being arrested on suspicion of the murder… It’s a thriller about families, secrets, sacrifice and Suffolk! Did you know from the beginning who had killed Caroline or did you find out later on, like your readers do? A: I had an idea, but it slightly changed as I was writing! Often twists come to me as I go, so I always keep an open mind regarding how the novel will actually end. Was The Babysitter your working title or has it changed along the way? A: When I was first writing it, it was called The Suspect , but that had been done by another writer...

By Phoebe Morgan Published by HQ Synopsis: Perfect mother. Perfect wife. Jane Goodwin has spent years building her picture-perfect life in the quiet town of Ashdon. So when the girl next door, sixteen-year-old Clare Edwards, is found murdered, Jane knows she must first protect her family. Every marriage has a few white lies and hers is no exception. Jane’s worked hard to cover up her dark secret from all those years ago – and she’ll do anything to keep it hidden… How did this book end up in my hands? I have read this book via an online serialisation by The Pigeonhole . Was it a page-turner? Absolutely. Every day of the serialisation, I would eagerly wait for the daily instalment only for it to be over too quickly. I don’t think I’m a particularly fast reader but I couldn’t get enough of this novel! Having read the synopsis, did the book meet my expectations? The synopsis is adequately creepy but the novel itself is even more chilling. Expectations were...

Hi Phoebe! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The Girl Next Door ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Thank you so much! The Girl Next Door is about sixteen-year-old Clare Edwards, who is found dead in a local field in a small town in Essex. The town is shocked by her murder, and gradually, secrets and lies are revealed – showing that in this small, gossipy community, nothing is quite what it seems…  Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take an unexpected turn as the characters grew on the page? A: I had the idea for Clare’s death and for the marriage at the heart of the novel, but the ending changed during edits, and further twists came to me as I wrote! I tend not to plot everything out right at the start, rather I begin with an idea or a character and then usually things grow from there. It does mean there are often big rewrites, but I find those easier than the excrucia...