Isabel’s writing career was first launched when she won the Mail on Sunday Novel Competition in 2008, with judges Fay Weldon, Michael Ridpath and the late Sir John Mortimer describing her work as ‘magnificent.’ The completed novel, Glasshopper (Myriad Editions), went on to be named among the Best Books of 2009 by both the Observer and the London Evening Standard.
Genres: Mystery
Novels
Glasshopper (2009)
Hurry Up and Wait (2011)
Summer of '76 (2013)
Flight (2015)
Little Sister (2017)
Beautiful Liars (2018)
Lake Child (2019)
33 Women (2020)
Homecoming (2022)
One Girl, One Summer (2024)
Hurry Up and Wait (2011)
Summer of '76 (2013)
Flight (2015)
Little Sister (2017)
Beautiful Liars (2018)
Lake Child (2019)
33 Women (2020)
Homecoming (2022)
One Girl, One Summer (2024)
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