Penny Batchelor
Penny Batchelor

Penny Batchelor writes domestic noir thrillers with secrets, lies and lots of twists! 

 

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Penny is the Amazon bestselling author of two psychological thrillers My Perfect Sister and Her New Best Friend published by Embla Books. She is currently writing two more thrillers for them. Her short story, ‘The Dilemma,’ appears in UnLocked, an anthology to raise money for The Trussell Trust. Penny is a co-founder and judge of the ADCI Literary Prize for adult fiction by a disabled/chronically ill novelist.

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Her New Best Friend

Her New Best Friend now available in paperback, ebook and audiobook​

 
 

Her New Best Friend is a twisting tale of intrigue and deception, the lengths a mother will go to in order to protect her children and of what happens when your worst nightmare as a parent comes true.

“A twisty look at obsession and motherhood. You’re in for a treat!”
— Louise Mumford, author of Sleepless

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Penny on Women's Prize LIVE! Crime Panel 12th June
Penny on Women's Prize LIVE! Crime Panel 12th June
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Penny to be on a Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival panel
Penny to be on a Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival panel
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Women’s Prize for Fiction: Read Penny's Feature
Women’s Prize for Fiction: Read Penny's Feature
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 Praise for Penny’s books

“A twisty and pacy thriller with an original cast of characters, and stakes and jeopardy that build right to the end”
— Philippa East
“Riveting, twisty and tense, Her New Best Friend will keep you guessing until the last sentence! A page-turning psychological thriller”
— E.C. Scullion