‘A hard diamond of a novel . . . I have not stopped thinking of it since’ – Coco Mellors‘Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut’ – Miranda Cowley Heller‘Packs a huge emotional punch. I couldn’t put it down’ – Daily Mail‘A living thing . . . A huge achievement’ – Financial TimesPerfect lives hide terrible secrets

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMISTNAMED A FAVORITE FICTION READ OF THE YEAR BY NPR****“Stylish and assured….Ebbott’s prose is honed and aphoristic, recalling the work of James Salter and John Cheever…The sentences go down easy...but there is substance beneath the gleaming surfaces.” —Washington Post“Acutely perceptive and beautifully written…A living thing...A huge achievement.” —The Financial Times

A perfect world. But a betrayal that could shatter everything.**'Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut' - Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace'A hard diamond of a novel . . . I have not stopped thinking of it since' - Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters**For thirty years, Amos and Emerson have built a life others envy. Their wives are close, their teenage daughters have gro...

**What begins as celebration gives way to betrayal, shattering the trust between two families“Exquisitely crafted.” —John Irving**“Masterly…Ranges from the most exquisite, Jamesian discriminations to the graspable, all-American solidities of Updike and Richard Yates. This is a writer to watch, with excitement and the highest expectations.' —John Banville“Wonderful, sly and subtle…Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the n...

'A wonderful book, with the beauty, warmth and solidarity of female friendship at its core' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'An excellent debut novel from a writer with a very perceptive take on modern womanhood' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'So good, so addictive, so relatable and so realistic!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐***Sam and Daisy have been best friends since university. Back then Daisy was a wild, Fleetwood Mac-obsessed girl descended from the Yorkshire Moors, while Sam’s youth was misspent traipsing around Liverpool on...

**Brought to you by Penguin.Zoe, Al, Rachel, Rob, Yas and Indie.** Six friends who were inseparable at university, who have all had their secret or not so secret passions for each other, their own hopes and fears.Over the years, they have gone their separate ways. Rob is a history teacher, with a string of broken relationships behind him. Yas is a surgeon and very much her own woman. Indie is married and a successful coffee entrepreneur. Rachel is a stay at home mum with tw...

‘A wonderfully clever and howlingly funny thriller’ The Spectator'Glitters with secret agendas, hidden lies and sun-soaked desires' Emma Stonex'Whip-smart and made me laugh out loud. Magnificent' Joanna Cannon'Thorny and sexy' Beth Morrey'Pulsing with heat and intrigue' Marianne LevyWhat if your perfect life was a charade?It is Augus...

**Named a Wall Street Journal and Washington Post Top 10 Book of 2025Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, Marie Claire and Vanity Fair"I loved RUTH."—Lorde“It would never work out, but I’m in love with Ruth.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post“A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait … [a] standout.”—Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal“There are inklings of greatness ...

After a near-stranger dies in their small town, a tightknit group of friends can no longer ignore their long-dormant desires and unfulfilled dreams—“a moving story of betrayal, grief and forgiveness” (People).“A loving sprawl of busy lives, the happy and sometimes messy web of friends and children and chosen family.”—The Boston GlobeIt was too much to ask. But sometimes too much is what we ask of the people we ...

'A wonderful book, with the beauty, warmth and solidarity of female friendship at its core' ★★★★★'An excellent debut novel from a writer with a very perceptive take on modern womanhood' ★★★★★'So good, so addictive, so relatable and so realistic!' ★★★★★***Sam and Daisy have been best friends since university. Back then Daisy was a wild, Fleetwood Mac-obsessed girl descended from the Yorkshire Moors, while Sam’s youth was misspent traipsing around Liverpool on...

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all.'**An unflinchingly true and honest depiction of a marriage turning from gold to dust ' – Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace'A white-hot dissection of the power imbalances in a marriage, and as gripping as you want fiction to be.' – Nick Hornby, author of** High FidelityA nuclear family can destroy...

‘Addictive writing wrapped up in a compelling page turner that makes you deeply think and feel’ YOMI ADEGOKE'An incisive new voice in fiction' COCO MELLORSWe give celebrities a power they don’t deserve. Power they haven’t earned. What happens when they exploit it?Imagine you’ve just spent the night with the most famous man on the planet. Except you don’t quite remember it. That is what happens to Rose, a twenty-some...