Isolte and Viola are twins. Inseparable as children, they’ve grown into very different adults: Isolte, a successful features writer for a fashion magazine with a photographer boyfriend and a flat in Bloomsbury, and Viola, an anorexic engaged in a protracted suicide.
What juncture forced them apart? As both women start to unravel the escalating tragedies of a half-remembered summer (one from her desk in the city, the other from her bed in a psychiatric ward), will the struggle to come to terms with the past be liberating, or will each twin be crushed under its weight?
RICHARD AND JUDY PICK 2013
SHORT-LISTED FOR GERMAN BOOK AWARD – LESERPREIS 2014
Reviews
‘(A)stirring debut …skilfully infused with trauma and tragedy – and sinister suspense.’
Sunday Independent (i.e)
‘Outstandingly good. Part-thriller, part-love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down’
Sun
‘Thumpingly good’
Good Housekeeping
‘Gripping’
Marie Claire
‘Clever, and full of suspense’
Richard Madeley
‘Stunning in its insight and beautifully written’
Judy Finnigan
‘A Perfect R & J read. Highly compulsive’
Bookseller
‘An absorbing account of unbreakable and uncanny bonds’
Heat
‘An excellent debut …you are sure to have a hard time putting it down’
Candis
‘This book got its hooks into us and wouldn’t let go. Hypnotic, with real emotional punch’
Star
‘This debut reveals a stunning writer with deep insight into people. A beautifully crafted and compelling story that won’t disappoint’
Women’s Weekly (NZ)
‘Timeless and riveting’
RT Book Reviews
‘Thrilling.’
Elle (France)
‘Subtle and ambitious, a novel which is hard to forget.’ Picked for Top Ten Books of 2013
Elle on-line (France)
‘Touching and extremely readable’
Sunday Mirror
‘Intense…dark’
Daily Mail
‘The Twins is exciting, funny, sad and tragic, but most of all it’s a damn good read.’
Hawkes Bay Today, (NZ)
‘This novel reads like a modern fairy tale, I loved it.’
Pages & Pages, (Sydney)
| Publishers | |
| UK (C’wealth) | Little Brown – Piatkus |
| Brazil | Novo Conceito |
| Bulgaria | Enthusiast |
| China | Hunan Literature and Arts Publishing House |
| Czech Republic | Euromedia |
| France | Marabout |
| Germany | Script5 |
| Holland | Bruna |
| Hungary | Alexandra |
| Norway | Cappelen Damm |
| Portugal | Details on Request |
| Slovakia | Ikar |
| Spain | Suma |
| Turkey | Elf Yayinlari |
| US | Hachette – Redhook |
| AUDIO | ISIS Audio Books |