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Apples Never Fall

From the bestselling author of Big Little Lies, now an award winning TV series

Truly Madly Guilty

The No 1 bestseller now a major Amazon Prime series

Nine Perfect Strangers

The hit novel that launched the author of BIG LITTLE LIES

The Husband's Secret

The Hypnotist's Love Story

The Last Anniversary

Three Wishes

What Alice Forgot

Big Little Lies

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Every single one of her books is a great read

An exceptional novel about murder and domestic and sexual violence that somehow defies expectation and remains upbeat. Twisty and unexpected, it's both comical and mysterious

A gripping, juicy page-turner with dark secrets and shocking truths

A delicious novel, with secrets - and lies - scattered throughout its idyllic community like poisonous candy sprinkles on a cupcake

Eve Chase, bestselling author of The Glass House

Brilliantly funny with masterful storytelling

Brilliant, stand-out, superbly clever. Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly

A nuanced psychological study of the elements of motherly and matrimonial behaviour

It's a hell of a good book. Funny and scary. She nails the feuding moms

Blame and guilt, forgiveness and retribution, love and betrayal. A tense page-turning story . . . a great read

Staggeringly brilliant . . . literally unputdownable

Blending romance, comedy and mystery, this is a wonderful book - full of brains, guts and heart

Absolutely brilliant, even better than The Husband's Secret. Loved it. Liane Moriarty has that rare Anne Tyler thing of being able to make fun of people while clearly having compassion for them.

Louise Candlish, Sunday Times bestselling author of SINCE I DON’T HAVE YOU

Tolls a warning bell about the big little lies we tell to survive

A fantastically nimble writer, so sure-footed that the book leaps between dark and light seamlessly

The author of last year's bestseller, The Husband's Secret, is back with another sure-fire hit. Unputdownable

It's not often that a book about murder mingled with domestic and sexual violence has you howling with laughter, but Moriarty pulls it off here ... Her ironic turn of phrases infuses even poignant moments with humour. Blending romance, comedy and mystery, this is a wonderful book - full of brains, guts and heart

It all reads terrifyingly real, with the viciousness of the women at the school gates and the hell they can make each others' lives. It's a fine book

Moriarty is happy to thread a thin line between mummy lit and fluffy thriller. It's easy to get stuck into this book, thanks to neat plotting that keeps you guessing. Just dive right in because this book slips down as easily as a strawberry soufflé

A brilliantly plotted story with characters to care for who kept me reading, utterly gripped

Here at Company HQ we're all obsessed with Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. This juicy seaside-town murder mystery will be one of the biggest books this autumn

This fantastically written story, with its little clues casually dropped in along the way, will keep you guessing until the very end ... Another compelling, funny and thought-provoking winner from Liane Moriarty. Do whatever you can to get your hands on a copy - it's brilliant

Take this page-turner on holiday with you - you won't be able to put it down!

Another riveting thriller. Tackling difficult subjects with intelligence and humanity

A compelling summer read not to be missed

This addictive new thriller from bestselling author Liane Moriarty weaves three stories together to a shocking and unpredictable climax

Jane hasn't lived anywhere longer than six months since her son was born five years ago. Now, in the idyllic coastal town of Pirriwee, Jane feels like she finally belongs. She finds friends in the feisty Madeline and beautiful Celeste, women with seemingly perfect lives - and their own secrets behind closed doors. 
 
But at the start of a new term, an incident involving the children of all three women occurs. Whispers and rumours become vicious and spiteful, and truths blur into lies. It was always going to end in tears, but no one thought it would end in murder.

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Perfect families, perfect houses, perfect lives. 
 
Three mothers, Jane, Madeline and Celeste appear to have it all, until they find out just how easy it is for one little lie to spiral out of control . . . 
 
Single mum Jane has just moved to town. She's got her little boy in tow - plus a secret she's been carrying for five years. 
 
On the first day of the school run she meets Madeline - a force to be reckoned with, who remembers everything and forgives no one - and Celeste, the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare, but is inexplicably ill at ease. 
 
They both take Jane under their wing - while careful to keep their own secrets under wraps. 
 
But a minor incident involving the children of all three women rapidly escalates: playground whispers become spiteful rumours until no one can tell the truth from the lies . . . 
 
It was always going to end in tears, but how did it end in murder? 
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'Blame and guilt, forgiveness and retribution, love and betrayal. A tense, page-turning story . . . a great read' Mail on Sunday 
 
'Blending romance, comedy and mystery, this is a wonderful book - full of brains, guts and heart' Sunday Mirror 
 
'A hell of a good book. Funny and scary' Stephen King 
 
'Brilliant, standout, superbly clever. Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly' Sunday Express 
 
Liane Moriarty's books have sold over 2 million physical copies in the UK, Nielsen Book Scan, June 2024

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Every single one of her books is a great read

An exceptional novel about murder and domestic and sexual violence that somehow defies expectation and remains upbeat. Twisty and unexpected, it's both comical and mysterious

A gripping, juicy page-turner with dark secrets and shocking truths

A delicious novel, with secrets - and lies - scattered throughout its idyllic community like poisonous candy sprinkles on a cupcake

Brilliantly funny with masterful storytelling

Brilliant, stand-out, superbly clever. Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly

A nuanced psychological study of the elements of motherly and matrimonial behaviour

It's a hell of a good book. Funny and scary. She nails the feuding moms

Blame and guilt, forgiveness and retribution, love and betrayal. A tense page-turning story . . . a great read

Staggeringly brilliant . . . literally unputdownable

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