Published 1st August 2017
Description:
When India falls to her death from a bridge over a railway, her sister Poppy returns home to Brighton for the first time in years. Unconvinced by official explanations, Poppy begins her own investigation into India’s death. But the deeper she digs, the closer she comes to uncovering deeply buried secrets. Could Matthew Temple, the boyfriend she abandoned, be involved?
And what of his powerful and wealthy parents, and his twin sister, Ana?
Enter the mysterious and ethereal Jenny: the girl Poppy discovers after hacking into India’s laptop. What exactly is she hiding, and what did India find out about her?
Taking the reader on a breathless ride through the winding lanes of Brighton, into its vibrant party scene and inside the homes of its well-heeled families, The Other Twin is a startling and up-to-the-minute thriller about the social-media world, where resentments and accusations are played out online, where identities are made and remade, and where there is no such thing as the truth…
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Praise for The Other Twin
‘If your sister died under suspicious circumstances, how far would you go to uncover the truth? The Other Twin crackles with tension as Poppy’s search for answers leads only to more questions, her grief palpable and real as she learns her sister India’s deepest secrets. Hays’ impressive debut is a complex, twisty, disorienting tale that truly keeps readers guessing until the very end’
Karen Dionne
‘A cracker of a debut! I couldn’t put it down’
Paula Daly
‘The writing shines from every page of this twisted tale … debuts don’t come sharper than this’
Ruth Dugdall
‘This chilling claustrophobic tale set in Brighton introduces an original, fresh new voice in crime fiction’
Cal Moriarty
‘Wonderfully layered and gripping, I had to take breaks just to catch my breath’
Jendella Benson
“A fresh and raw thrill-ride through Brighton’s underbelly. What an enjoyable read!”
Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Slick and compulsive’
Random Things through My Letterbox
‘A propulsive, inventive and purely addictive psychological thriller for the social media age’
Crime by the Book
‘Delightfully disorientating’
Chapter in My Life
‘This will stay with me forever’
Emma the Little Bookworm
‘A whirlwind of secrets and emotional turmoil’
Cheryl M-M
‘Rolls along at a heart-pounding pace!’
Ronnie Turner
‘A contemporary thriller with a heart of darkness … terrific’
Live & Deadly
‘Blinding, surprising and simply magnificent’
Chocolate ‘n’ Waffles
About the Author:
Lucy V. Hay is a novelist, script editor and blogger who helps writers via her Bang2write consultancy. She is the associate producer of Brit Thrillers Deviation (2012) and Assassin (2015), both starring Danny Dyer. Lucy is also head reader for the London Screenwriters’ Festival and has written two non-fiction books, Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays, plus its follow-up Drama Screenplays. She lives in Devon with her husband, three children, six cats and five African Land Snails.
