Karen Hamilton spent her childhood in Angola, Zimbabwe, Belgium and Italy and worked as a flight attendant for many years. Karen is a recent graduate of the Faber Academy and, having now put down roots in Hampshire to raise her young family with her husband, she satisfies her wanderlust by exploring the world through her writing. THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND is her first novel.
A dramatic and intense psychological read * Woman&Home * An addictive domestic thriller that will keep you guessing to the end * Peterborough Telegraph * This dramatic psychological thriller makes you want to carry on reading * Woman * A wonderfully twisted female protagonist * C.J. Tudor, author of THE CHALK MAN * Karen Hamilton has a rare gift for character quite unlike other writers. She gets beneath the skin of damaged, fragile and obsessive women in a way that is utterly compelling. I could not tear myself away as Marie claimed the life of her dead friend Nina with devastating consequences. This is a five-star, one-sitting read * Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of RATTLE * Such a twisty ride! You are going to love this * Lesley Kara, bestselling author of THE RUMOUR * If you enjoyed The Perfect Girlfriend you'll love The Last Wife - another fabulously dark central character with a great twisty plot * Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of BLOOD ORANGE * Fast-moving and fun, with an obsessive, Machiavellian, yet enjoyably self-aware narrator * Observer * Taut and tense from the first page to the closing paragraphs - a touching tale that really hit home * Sun *