In Jake, Marisa has found everything she’s ever wanted. She puts her toothbrush right there in the master bathroom, on the shelf next to theirs. She makes herself at home without any self-consciousness. She puts her toothbrush right there in the master bathroom, on the shelf next to theirs.Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. It is the book that was missing’ LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN AND ANIMAL ‘Magnificent: I read it one sitting’ KATE MOSSE, AUTHOR OF THE CITY OF TEARS Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. 'Terrifyingly BRILLIANT’ MARIAN KEYES, AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS 'A book that needed to exist in the world. How far will she go to find the answer – and how much is she willing to lose? That the woman sleeping in their house will stop at nothing to get what she wants. And she trusts him – doesn’t she?īut Marisa knows something is wrong. Is it the way she looks at Marisa’s boyfriend? Sits too close on the sofa? Constantly asks about the baby they are trying for? Or is it all just in Marisa’s head?Īfter all, that’s what her Jake keeps telling her. Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. ‘A book that needed to exist in the world. Clever, beautifully-crafted, gripping, warm: I read it in one sitting’ LOUISE O’NEILL, AUTHOR OF AFTER THE SILENCE Stylish, sinister, and clever, this is a sublime thriller’ ‘Magpie is tightly plotted, crackling with an uneasy tension, and has an ingenious twist you won’t see coming. JOANNA CANNON, AUTHOR OF THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP AND THREE THINGS ABOUT ELSIE SARA COLLINS, AUTHOR OF THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON ‘An absorbing exploration of infertility and mental illness combined with the pace and plot of a heart-racing thriller … I literally couldn’t put this down. JESSIE BURTON, AUTHOR OF THE MINIATURIST AND THE CONFESSION ‘Superbly taut and well-written, noirish with a big and beating heart’ MATT HAIG, author of The Midnight Library and The Comfort Book ‘Magpie is a clever, suspenseful read with a brilliant central pivot and a keen eye for relationships, including the toxic ones.
LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN AND ANIMAL It is both sinister and comforting, outrageous but grounded, with a head-spinning plot twist… Magpie is a book that needed to exist in the world. ‘Elizabeth Day has written that rare book I always go hunting for, something that will keep me breathless with suspense but also buoyant with good energy. ‘A dark, sleek, ever-tightening spiral … Completely, terrifyingly BRILLIANT’
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