NEW RELEASE
Girl in a Spin - Clodagh Murphy (2010)
Jenny Hannigan is a super-sexy party girl who has men falling at her feet but all she really wants is a life of domestic bliss - the kind of life she never experienced as a child. When she meets Richard Allam, she thinks she's met the one she wants to spend her life with. Trouble is, Richard is a politician who's hotly tipped to lead the Moderate Party to victory in an upcoming election, and Jenny isn't exactly politician's wife material - unlike Richard's ex, the perfect Julia. In a bid to endear Jenny to the public and his party colleagues, Richard recruits publicist Dev Tennant to spin Jenny as the type of partner a political leader should have. But Dev has his work cut out for him with Jenny, and as more and more secrets from her past emerge, Dev finds himself working overtime to keep the truth hidden. Can Dev possibly turn a party girl like Jenny into a political party woman? As the election looms and Richard becomes increasingly caught up in his workload, Jenny is forced to ask herself if a future with Richard is what she really wants after all. Clodagh Murphy has a gift for creating leading characters that you can't help but love, and I was rooting for Jenny all the way through the book as she navigated her strange new world of politics. The supporting characters provide many humorous moments and will have you chuckling your way through the book. (SBB)
Clodagh Murphy's second novel, Girl in a Spin, is a romantic comedy about a party girl, a Conservative Party leader and a spin doctor. The summary says: "On the run from an unhappy childhood, Jenny Hannigan is a rootless party girl with a murky past and an uncertain future. But all she secretly craves is a life of domestic bliss and solid respectability. So when she crashes into the arms of Richard Allam - the young, handsome, recently separated leader of the Conservative Party, hotly tipped to lead them to victory in the upcoming election - she thinks she's found exactly what she was looking for. But Jenny isn't exactly perfect PM's wife material and Richard recruits publicist extraordinaire Dev Tennant as the spin doctor in the run-up to the election. His brief is to 'spin' Jenny to the party and the public. But Jenny is a girl with a lot of skeletons in her closet, and as the election campaign gains momentum, someone is working overtime to ensure that every one of those skeletons gets its very own public parade. As Jenny's life starts to spin out of control, suddenly, she isn't sure what she wants anymore." Girl in a Spin is out in April - probably in the midst of the British general election campaign.