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Book Synopsis''Completely, terrifyingly BRILLIANT'Marian Keyes, author ofGrown UpsI didn't want it to end'Lisa Taddeo, author ofThree Women andAnimalMagnificent: I read it in one sitting'Kate Mosse, author of TheCity of TearsWhen Marisa meets Jake, everything falls into place. But then their new lodger Kate arrives.Something isn't right about her. It's the way she looks at Jake, keeps her toothbrush right next to theirs and constantly asks questions about the baby they are trying for. Or maybe it's all in Marisa's head. That's what Jake thinks. And she trusts him, doesn't she?But Marisa knows something is wrong, and she is determined to find out why, even if it costs her everything.''A very elegant, tense, literary thriller''Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a ScandalUtterly engrossing, a thick sense of dread unfurling from every page'Refinery29I literally couldn't put this down'Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie LangtonA compelling, twisting read'Matt Haig, author of The Midnight
Trade Review'I raced through Magpie. A very elegant, tense, literary thriller full of misdirection, unreliable witnesses, motherhood, madness, rage, and the most heart-breaking account of infertility I've read'
SARAH VAUGHAN, AUTHOR OF ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL
‘A dark, sleek, ever-tightening spiral …Completely, terrifyingly BRILLIANT’
MARIAN KEYES, AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS
‘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. 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. It is the book that was missing’
LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN AND ANIMAL
‘Magpie is a clever, suspenseful read with a brilliant central pivot and a keen eye for relationships, including the toxic ones. A compelling, twisting read’
MATT HAIG, author of The Midnight Library and The Comfort Book
‘Superbly taut and well-written, noirish with a big and beating heart’
JESSIE BURTON, AUTHOR OF THE MINIATURIST AND THE CONFESSION
‘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. Sublime’
SARA COLLINS, AUTHOR OF THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON
‘The most mind-blowing book of the year’
JOANNA CANNON, AUTHOR OF THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP AND THREE THINGS ABOUT ELSIE
‘Magpie is tightly plotted, crackling with an uneasy tension, and has an ingenious twist you won’t see coming. Stylish, sinister, and clever, this is a sublime thriller’
LOUISE O’NEILL, AUTHOR OF AFTER THE SILENCE
‘Magnificent. Clever, beautifully-crafted, gripping, warm: I read it in one sitting’
KATE MOSSE, AUTHOR OF THE CITY OF TEARS
