Everything and Nothing by Araminta Hall

Everything and Nothing by Araminta Hall

‘An assured debut takes the Mary Poppins myth and turns it into a menacing tale of the enemy invited in… Araminta Hall has turned the perfect nanny trope into something much more disturbingImagine a mash-up of Mary Poppins with Stephen King and you get the general idea… What makes this smartly written first novel so disturbing is its moral ambiguity; Hall keeps us engaged with all the characters, even the duplicitous Agatha, right up until the end. I suspect that this will be the first of what promises to be a new genre: the nanny chiller’ Sunday Times

‘Chilling and suspenseful’ The Sun’s ‘Best of 2011’ book picks

‘An unsettling, menacing read’ Grazia, 2011 Reading List selection

‘A suspenseful and emotive examination of a family in meltdown…Hall’s tale is told assuredly and touches on the darkness, tensions and unhappiness behind the facade of daily family life. It’s a skilfully executed debut novel that nestles perfectly alongside the dark, nuanced psychological thrills of Daphne du Maurier and Sophie Hannah’ Waterstones Books Quarterly

‘Everything and Nothing is a beautifully written, completely gripping novel that plays on the unsettling notion that sometimes the least safe place is your very own home' Emily Mortimer

Araminta Hall began her career in journalism as a staff writer on teen magazine Bliss, becoming Health and Beauty editor of New Woman. On her way, she wrote regular features for the Mirror's Saturday supplement and ghost-wrote the super-model Caprice's column.