Sally mène une vie tranquille. Du moins jusqu'à ce qu'elle tue son mari d'un coup de poêle en fonte. Se débarrasser de ce corps qui gît dans sa cuisine ne va pas être une mince affaire, surtout en plein confinement.Le chemin de Sally croise bientôt celui de Ruth, dont le conjoint vient d'être victime d'un accident fatal, puis de Samira et Leila, une mère et sa fille, qui ont aussi un corps à faire disparaître. Les quatre voisines, rejointes par une cinquième comparse, Janey, forment...

A dark comedy about four women coming together to heal the damage their husbands have done––and hide their bodies once they’ve killed themWhen Sally kills her husband with a cast-iron skillet, she’s more fearful of losing her kids than of disposing of a fresh corpse. That just wouldn’t be fair—not after twenty years of marriage to a truly terrible man. But Sally isn’t the only woman in town reaching the brink. Soon, Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual ...

'A darkly comedic story . . . I loved it' JESSE SUTANTO‘Poignant and funny, dark and searing’ ANDREA MARA'Perfect for those who like feminism with their dead bodies' JULIE COHEN'Tense, funny, moving and strangely cosy' HOLLY BOURNE---Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . .Sally never meant to cave her husband's head in with a...

Ven tem todo o seu futuro planejado.Seu grupo de dança está conquistando espaço e ela também... até que desmaia. No palco. No hospital, Ven descobre que tem uma condição médica: algo que ameaça arruinar tudo. Ela não poderá mais dançar... caminhar já será um desafio.Mas ela não quer piedade. Ven está determinada a ter uma vida grande e emocionante. Sim, seu futuro pode ser diferente do planejado, mas está longe de ter acabado... Afinal, se você não...

Às vezes, têm de ser as mulheres a resolver definitivamente os problemas…Sally leva uma vida tranquila. Pelo menos até matar o marido com uma frigideira. Livrar-se do corpo caído na sua cozinha não será tarefa fácil, principalmente em pleno confinamento.O caminho de Sally rapidamente se cruza com o de Ruth, cujo companheiro acaba de ser vítima de um acidente fatal, e com o de Samira e Leila, uma mãe e a sua filha, que também têm de se desfazer de um cadáver. As quatro vizinh...

Orla has always been the sidekick, never the hero . . .Until, that is, she secures a funded place at an elite drama course and puts her own dreams first for once in her life. Suddenly, Orla is centre-stage and loving it! But the drama crowd are experienced performers and their parents have shelled out a fortune for them to be on the course. Orla can't help but feel left out - she has to earn her pocket money and her responsibilities at home can't just be ignored.Then again,...

Ven has her future all planned out. Her dance group is going places and so is she . . . Then she collapses. On stage.In hospital, Ven discovers that she has a medical condition - one that threatens to ruin everything. No more dancing . . . walking is challenging enough. But she doesn't want your pity. Ven is determined to have a big, exciting life. Sure, her future might be different, but it's not over . . . Because if you can't dance, you can always sing!Refreshing, uplift...

Evie's shattered ribs have been a secret for the last four years. Now she has found the strength to tell her adoptive parents, and the physical traces of her past are fixed - the only remaining signs a scar on her side and a fragment of bone taken home from the hospital, which her uncle Ben helps her to carve into a dragon as a sign of her strength.Soon this ivory talisman begins to come to life at night, offering wisdom and encouragement in roaming dreams of smoke and moonlight tha...

'The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.' Robert Louis StevensonNick hates it when people call him a genius. Sure, he's going to Cambridge University aged 15, but he says that's just because he works hard. And, secretly, he only works hard to get some kind of attention from his workaholic father.Not that his strategy is working.When he arrives at Cambridge, he finds the work ...

Brought to you by Penguin.Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . .Sally never meant to cave her husband's head in with a skillet. Or at least she didn't until suddenly, she did.But Sally isn't the only woman in town being pushed to breaking point. When coincidence brings four strangers together, a surprising solidarity is formed.So can they find the best way to bury their husbands - and get away with it?...

A dark comedy about four women coming together to heal the damage their husbands have done––and hide their bodies once they’ve killed themWhen Sally kills her husband with a cast-iron skillet, she’s more fearful of losing her kids than of disposing of a fresh corpse. That just wouldn’t be fair—not after twenty years of marriage to a truly terrible man. But Sally isn’t the only woman in town reaching the brink. Soon, Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual ...

Orla has always been the sidekick, never the hero . . .Until, that is, she secures a funded place at an elite drama course and puts her own dreams first for once in her life. Suddenly, Orla is center-stage and loving it! But the drama crowd are experienced performers and their parents have shelled out a fortune for them to be on the course. Orla can't help but feel left out—she has to earn her pocket money and her responsibilities at home can't just be ignored.Then again, d...