Liz Webb said: ‘I am very excited to be publishing my debut novel with the wonderful team at Allison & Busby, after signing with the brilliant Madeleine Milburn Literary, Film and TV Agency. I am delighted that The Daughter has found a home with Alison & Busby, and that Liz’s tense, plot driven story with a dash of dark humour will find its way into eager readers hands soon.’ Madeleine Milburn said: ‘From the moment I picked up Liz’s manuscript, I was immediately drawn in by her original, standout premise of a daughter unlocking the mystery surrounding her mother’s death, and when I started reading the pages, I literally couldn’t stop. We cannot wait to share this assured debut next year.’ Readers are in for a treat as they follow Hannah navigating the lingering aftershocks of her mother’s death. Lesley Crooks said: ‘What impressed all of the team at Allison & Busby was how strongly Liz conveyed Hannah’s voice, flawed and spiky as it is. Now the spitting image of her mother Jen Davidson, and exactly the same age she was when she died, Hannah is determined to uncover exactly what happened to her mum, but soon the boundaries between Hannah and her mother become fatally blurred.
Hannah is losing her grip on both her drinking and a cache of shameful secrets. Hannah Davidson has a dementia-stricken father, an estranged TV star brother, and a mother whose death opened up hidden fault lines beneath the surface of their ordinary family life. The author’s background in BBC radio and stand-up comedy colours this sharply plotted debut set in contemporary London as a woman attempts to impose order on her own chaotic life and untangle the mystery of her mother’s brutal murder. The Daughter is a dark family mystery with a memorable narrator that will appeal to fans of Elizabeth is Missing and The Girl on the Train. International deals have also been made in Serbia (Vulkan), Germany (Goldmann) and Norway (Vigmostad & Bjorke). Lesley Crooks, Publishing Manager at Allison & Busby, has acquired UK & Commonwealth Rights (excluding Canada) for Liz Webb’s debut novel The Daughter to be published in hardback, audio and as an eBook on.
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