In Conversation with Emma Babbington

Join us on Wednesday the 5th of August with the wonderful Emma Babbington to hear all about her new gripping psychological thriller, The Gardens!

About Emma Babbington

Emma Babbington is a London-born, Sydney-based author who writes novels that are part psychological thriller, part family mystery and full of twists and turns. Her debut novel was The Neighbours, released in 2025 and her second book, The Gardens was released in June 2026.

The Gardens

'It might look idyllic, but the secrets buried there are deadly…'

When human bones are found in the garden attached to the glamorous London home where she grew up, Jess McIntyre prepares to receive the news she has dreaded for thirty-four years: that her sister, Nina, is dead and now here is the proof.

Nina disappeared without a trace in 1992, aged eighteen, the summer she fell in with a charismatic group of friends who squatted in a vacant house on the other side of Willow Gardens.

Having moved to Australia years ago, widow and single mum Jess arrives back in London to provide a DNA sample to help the investigation, with her teenage son, Ollie, in tow.

As they try and unravel the secrets of Nina's past, and her connection to a sinister cult, will they discover that some bodies are best left buried…?