A thrilling page-turner about sisterhood, secrets, love and murder by Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and The Mother-in-Law.

It’s not just secrets buried at Wild Meadows.

For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. Rescued from their own family tragedies, they were raised by a loving foster mother on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance for a happy family life.

But the girls’ childhood wasn’t quite the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. And when a body is discovered under the home they grew up in, the three foster sisters find themselves thrust into the spotlight as key witnesses.

It’s time for them to return home as adults. The only question is are they innocent victims or the prime suspects for murder?

With darkly comic timing and insidiously twisting plots, Sally Hepworth’s novels are guaranteed to keep you turning the pages . . .


Authors love Sally Hepworth:

'Completely compulsive' - Jane Harper, author of Exiles

'Women’s fiction at its finest' - Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies

'Smart suspenseful, brimming with secrets' - Kate Morton, author of Homecoming

'Clever, chilling and beautifully crafted’ - Adele Parks, author of Just Between Us


Reviewers love Sally Hepworth:

'Very sensitively told' - Daily Mail

'Compels from the first page' - Heat

'Stunningly clever' - People


Readers love Sally Hepworth:

'I absolutely loved it and couldn't put it down!'

'Twists and turns from start to finish!!'

'Suspenseful, and twisty, the most fantastically compulsive reading'

'I was gripped from start to finish and I literally couldn’t turn the pages fast enough'

"Gripping" - Daily Mail

"Suspenseful page-turner" - My Weekly

"A suspenseful psychological thriller, poignantly shrouding a decades old mystery" - Woman's Weekly

"Split between the sisters’ perspectives, Darling Girls is a thoughtfully written, slow-burn mystery about sisterhood, secrets and foster system failures" - Culturefly

"Tingling tension galore" - Peterborough Telegraph