Daddy's Girls by Tasmina Perry

The Balcon sisters are London's paparazzi darlings. Serena, the country's most beautiful actress, Venetia the glamorous designer, Camilla the rising political star and Cate the feisty magazine editor. They have wealth, privilege and sizzling sex lives. But money doesn't buy you love. When their aristocratic and tyrannical father Oswald Balcon is found dead, the finger of suspicion points towards his glamorous daughters and their dazzling lives. Suddenly we find that beneath the ritzy façade of the Balcon family lies a web of deceit and betrayal that hides a thirty-year-old secret that threatens to destroy them all. From the sun drenched beaches of Mustique to Manhattan's elite society circuit. From the exclusive fashion houses of Milan to the star-studded streets of Cannes, the Balcon Sisters play out their lives in a whirl of glitz and the ultra chic. But as tragedy and danger stalks each one of them, the scene is set for a stunning climax.

Move over Jackie Collins, there's a new girl in town! Tasmina Perry's debut novel is what the British like to call a 'bonkbuster', the modern-day alternative to the genre formerly known as 'bodice-rippers.' Basically, you take the pages of Heat magazine, pick out a couple of beautiful A-list celebrities, give them pseudonyms, write an imaginary tale of how fabulous their lives are and throw in bit of mystery and a lot of sex. There you have the bonkbuster. A perfect, escapist beach read, which I have to read in the comfort of my lounge considering there are no beaches for miles. Good fun if you're a tabloid junkie and thrive on soap operas!

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