She was the only person who knew Helen Wilcox was dead... From the rural woodlands of New York to the beaches of Morocco, WHO IS MAUD DIXON? is a wild, kooky, exhilarating novel of suspense, part Patricia Highsmith, part All About Eve

'Clever, cunning and diabolical in the best possible way' Ann Patchett


How do you become a celebrated writer without revealing your true identity? Florence Darrow has no idea, but when she's offered the chance to work with the notoriously enigmatic 'Maud Dixon', a writer about whom almost nothing is known, she jumps at the chance.


Soon, she's on a research trip to Morocco, complete with coastal setting and hours of detailed plot discussion. Almost too good to be true. But then Florence wakes up in hospital, miraculously unscathed following a car crash. Florence knows that Maud was there too, but no-one believes her. Moreover, if Maud has vanished, there are writerly shoes to fill, and maybe Florence can make her mark after all...


'A fast-paced and endlessly enjoyable mystery' Woman & Home


'Her tale of double identity, a satirical switchback, is hugely entertaining' The Times

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'Clever, cunning, and diabolical in the best possible way. Anyone longing for a good old-fashioned thrill need look no further' Ann Patchett

Celebrated, bestselling, elusive...who is Maud Dixon?

Florence Darrow wants to be a writer. Correction: Florence Darrow IS going to be a writer. Fired from her first job in publishing, she jumps at the chance to be assistant to the celebrated Maud Dixon, the anonymous bestselling novelist. The arrangement comes with conditions - high secrecy, living in an isolated house in the countryside­. Before long, the two of them are on a research trip to Morocco, to inspire the much-promised second novel. Beach walks, red sunsets and long, whisky-filled evening discussions...win-win, surely? Until Florence wakes up in a hospital, having narrowly survived a car crash.

How did it happen - and where is Maud Dixon, who was in the car with her? Florence feels she may have been played, but wait, if Maud is no longer around, maybe Florence can make her mark as a writer after all...

'Stylish, sharp, with wicked hairpin turns...pure fun' Maria Semple