*** The new novel from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal - a brilliantly written and researched, tense, gripping, thought-provoking drama ***You think you have the perfect family. But
An astonishingly incisive and suspenseful novel about a scandal amongst Britain’s privileged elite and the women caught up in its wake.Sophie’s husband James is a loving father, a handsome
“Taut, clever, compelling, and guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.”―Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the WaterFrom the bestselling aut
For fans of New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware, one of the season’s most buzzed-about thrillers that follows a political scandal at the highest level of the British government and the w
1939, and Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall, perched on a windswept cliff. There they meet the farmer's daughter, Maggie, and against shimmering barley fields and a sky
SOON TO BE A NETFLIX SERIES Instant International Bestseller ';A nuanced story line perfectly in tune with our #metoo times.' People, Book of the Week ';One of the season's most buzzed-about thrillers.' Bookish Some people's secrets are darker than others.Sophie Whitehouse has a lovely home, two adorable children, and a handsome, successful husband. In other words, she has the ';perfect' life. But everything changes the night her husband James comes home and confesses an indiscretion. Suddenly, her neat, ordered world is turned upside down. Did she ever really know the man she married? And, as it turns out, James's revelation is just the tip of the iceberg. He stands accused of a terrible crime. But, the truth is even more shocking than anyone ever could have thought. Is James the guilty perpetrator or an innocent victim of a toxic agenda? In this riveting story of love, revenge, and deception, no one's motives are pure, but some people's secrets are much darker than others.
;Sarah Vaughan has done it again. Superb.' Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author The bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandalsoon to be a Netflix seriesreturns with a new psychological thriller about a politician whose less-than-perfect personal life is thrust into the spotlight when a body is discovered in her home.As a politician, Emma has sacrificed a great deal for her careerincluding her marriage and her relationship with her daughter, Flora. A former teacher, the glare of the spotlight is unnerving for Emma, particularly when it leads to countless insults, threats, and trolling as she tries to work in the public eye. As a woman, she knows her reputation is worth its weight in gold but as a politician, she discovers it only takes one slip-up to destroy it completely. Fourteen-year-old Flora is learning the same hard lessons at school as she encounters heartless bullying. When another teenager takes her own life, Emma lobbies for a new law to protect women and girls
There are many reasons to bake: to feed; to create; to impress; to nourish; to define ourselves; and, sometimes, it has to be said, to perfect. But often we bake to fill a hunger that would be better
