Discover secrets and lies in the addictive No. 1 bestseller behind the multi-award winning TV sensation. From the bestselling author of NINE PERFECT STRANGERS. 'Blame and guilt, forgiveness and retribution, love and betrayal. A tense, page-turning story . . . a great read' Mail on Sunday 'Brilliant, standout, superbly clever. Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly' Sunday Express ____________ Perfect families, perfect houses, perfect lives. Single mum Jane has just moved to town with her little boy - and a secret she's been carrying for five years. On the first day on the school run she meets Celeste, so beautiful she makes the world stop and stare. And then there's Madeline - a tour de force who remembers everything and forgives no one. The three women become friends, while always keeping their secrets under wraps. But then a minor incident involving their children spirals out of control . . . It was always going to end in tears, but how did it end in murder? ____________ 'Absolutely brilliant . . . Liane Moriarty has that rare Anne Tyler thing of being able to make fun of people while clearly having compassion for them' Louise Candlish 'This is a wonderful book - full of brains, guts and heart' Sunday Mirror 'A brilliantly plotted story . . . kept me utterly gripped' Woman and Home 'This fantastically written story will keep you guessing until the very end' Heat Magazine 'You won't be able to put it down!' Closer 'It's a hell of a good book' Stephen King