Description
An emotionally charged psychological thriller that takes the abducted-child plotline to a whole new level. The must-read thriller for 2021.
About the Author
Tina was brought up in a caravan after her mother, a fairground traveller, fell pregnant by a window cleaner. After leaving the bright lights of Coalville, she came to London and worked as a journalist and broadcaster for thirty years. She's probably best known as a television critic for the BBC and GMTV. Call Me Mummy is Tina's first novel, partly inspired by her own unsuccessful attempts to have a child. Despite the grief and disappointment of that, she hasn't stolen one. So far.
Reviews
I loved [this] book. It's very dark, heartbreaking and totally absorbing -- Lorraine Kelly
Horrifying and beautiful in equal measure, the characters truly lifelike in their all too human complexities. Brilliantly written and emotionally compulsive. I loved it -- Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of BLOOD ORANGE
A powerful and thought-provoking page turner. The definition of unputdownable -- Katerina Diamond, author of THE HEATWAVE
It's brilliant. I had to read the last half of it all in one go as I couldn't put it down -- Eddie Mair, LBC Radio
Utterly absorbing - I loved everything about this book, but especially the deeply flawed, brilliantly drawn protagonists. Such an imaginative premise and so brilliantly done -- Catherine Cooper, author of THE CHALET
Psychologically twisty and utterly gripping - a novel to make you question the way things appear at first sight -- Lisa Hall, author of THE PERFECT COUPLE
I rattled through Call Me Mummy, biting my nails the entire time. Tense and gripping, these characters will stay with me for a long time -- Alice Clark-Platts, author of THE FLOWER GIRLS
Call Me Mummy is a twisty, heartbreaking thriller... [a] searing debut * Best Magazine *
Another must-read is Call Me Mummy by Tina Baker, a darkly comic thriller about two women who are worlds apart - until one steals the other one's child * Waitrose Magazine *
A powerful, dark and bleak novel with broken characters that really got under my skin. Absorbing, gritty and very real -- Mel Sherratt, author of TICK TOCK
Disturbing, distinctive, and peppered with black humour, this is a book I couldn't put down. If you like your fiction dark and compelling, you'll love Call Me Mummy -- Amanda Jennings, author of THE STORM
Superb. What a dark, troubling and beautifully written book. And it's threaded with a strand of bleak uncompromising humour which catches the reader off guard at the most unexpected moments. Read it! -- Kate Griffin, author of KITTY PECK AND THE MUSIC HALL MURDERS
Bleak but totally compelling and peppered with dark humour. Tense, twisted and totally unputdownable. Shocking and brilliant -- SJI Holliday, author of VIOLET
A deliciously dark, emotionally truthful, sucker punch of a novel. Creepy, twisty and all too credible. A stunning debut -- Paul Burston, author of THE CLOSER I GET
An astonishing debut. Beautifully written, but also raw and uncompromising, this is a gut-punch of a novel -- David Jackson, author of THE RESIDENT
A peerlessly original thriller, pushing at the sore edges of motherhood and childlessness. I read it with my free hand over my mouth and my heart in knots. Spectacular -- Kate Simants, author of LOCK ME IN
From the first to the last page I was hooked. The writing is flawless, and the characters are so realistically portrayed I felt I knew both women. I absolutely loved it -- Louise Mullins, author of I KNOW YOU
Brilliant. A thriller so tense you dare not look away until the final page -- Janice Hallett, author of THE APPEAL
I love these kinds of thrillers that touch on mental health, dark deep secrets and harrowing, tormented characters. A fast-paced thrilling read [with] a spectacular ending -- J.A. Andrews, author of YOU LET HIM IN
Utterly exceptional. Haunting, harrowing and very dark -- Victoria Selman, author of SNAKES AND LADDERS
Book Information
ISBN 9781788165242
Author Tina Baker
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Viper
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 262g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 28mm