Death's Daughter
THE INSTANT TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - a twisty, atmospheric urban fantasy with a mystery at its heart
Published on 5. May 2026
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-0354-3073-4 (ISBN)
Description
? THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ?
Life is a battlefield.
Death is just a girl.
Perfect for fans of Buffy, Nightshade, and Ilona Andrews, Death's Daughter is a a darkly humorous and atmospheric urban fantasy with a mystery at its heart . . .
'Paranormal lovers rejoice, your new obsession has arrived!' HANNAH WHITTEN
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Jocasta has carved out a normal life at Beecher University - well, as normal it can be when your name is Jocasta and you are the only child of Death.
Jo has a good job, great friends, and is trying to get over a secret fling with an unbelievably attractive (and unbelievably unavailable) grad student. But she's also lonely.
No one close to her knows the truth about who - or what - she is. Or that she must feed to survive, and she feeds on them - their disappointments, failures, and rejections. It's not a perfect system, but it works. Just.
Until a handsome stranger - and descendant of Lust - shows up on campus and announces that Death has formally named Jo as his successor. Now she's both a powerful ally and a massive threat, and everyone she loves is a target.
But Beecher is the one place that has ever felt like home, and Jo will do anything to protect it. Even if it means becoming the very thing she hates . . .
'Like a spicier, modern take on the old school urban fantasies I love so much . . . but with a gritty dark academia world all its own' ? ? ? ? ? reader review
'It gave me big Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes...students with paranormal secrets, a campus setting, and blissfully oblivious authorities' ? ? ? ? ? reader review
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'Delivers paranormal romance, wicked fun, and irresistible tension' LOGAN KARLIE
'Full of tension, dread, and spice, Death's Daughter is the urban fantasy resurrected!' TANYA PELL
'A deliciously seductive and sinister read, Death's Daughter is set to be a new dark academia sensation with its impeccable autumnal vibes' NADIA EL-FASSI
'A fun, sexy fantasy (with a touch of mystery) . . . fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will eat this up with a spoon' CHRISTINA HENRY
'A twisting tale . . . that will keep you reading long into the night' HAZEL McBRIDE
'Witty, scorching, and action-packed. Barnes totally kills it-pun intended' MELISSA LANDERS
NO. 3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2026
Life is a battlefield.
Death is just a girl.
Perfect for fans of Buffy, Nightshade, and Ilona Andrews, Death's Daughter is a a darkly humorous and atmospheric urban fantasy with a mystery at its heart . . .
'Paranormal lovers rejoice, your new obsession has arrived!' HANNAH WHITTEN
__________________________________
Jocasta has carved out a normal life at Beecher University - well, as normal it can be when your name is Jocasta and you are the only child of Death.
Jo has a good job, great friends, and is trying to get over a secret fling with an unbelievably attractive (and unbelievably unavailable) grad student. But she's also lonely.
No one close to her knows the truth about who - or what - she is. Or that she must feed to survive, and she feeds on them - their disappointments, failures, and rejections. It's not a perfect system, but it works. Just.
Until a handsome stranger - and descendant of Lust - shows up on campus and announces that Death has formally named Jo as his successor. Now she's both a powerful ally and a massive threat, and everyone she loves is a target.
But Beecher is the one place that has ever felt like home, and Jo will do anything to protect it. Even if it means becoming the very thing she hates . . .
'Like a spicier, modern take on the old school urban fantasies I love so much . . . but with a gritty dark academia world all its own' ? ? ? ? ? reader review
'It gave me big Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes...students with paranormal secrets, a campus setting, and blissfully oblivious authorities' ? ? ? ? ? reader review
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'Delivers paranormal romance, wicked fun, and irresistible tension' LOGAN KARLIE
'Full of tension, dread, and spice, Death's Daughter is the urban fantasy resurrected!' TANYA PELL
'A deliciously seductive and sinister read, Death's Daughter is set to be a new dark academia sensation with its impeccable autumnal vibes' NADIA EL-FASSI
'A fun, sexy fantasy (with a touch of mystery) . . . fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will eat this up with a spoon' CHRISTINA HENRY
'A twisting tale . . . that will keep you reading long into the night' HAZEL McBRIDE
'Witty, scorching, and action-packed. Barnes totally kills it-pun intended' MELISSA LANDERS
NO. 3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2026
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
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Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm
Width: 242 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0354-3073-4 (9781035430734)
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S. A. Barnes
Death's Daughter
THE INSTANT TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - a twisty, atmospheric urban fantasy with a mystery at its heart
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05/2026
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S.A. BARNES is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Death's Daughter. She works in a high school library by day, recommending reads, talking with students, and removing the occasional forgotten cheese stick as bookmark. Barnes has published numerous novels across different genres under the pen name Stacey Kade. She lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient husband.