The Lock In
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The laugh-out-loud story of friends, flatmates and long-lost flings
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Phoebe Luckhurst
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Remmie Milner (Read by)
Brought to you by Penguin.
YOU'VE HEARD OF A LOCKED ROOM MYSTERY. NOW GET READY FOR A LOCKED ROOM ROM-COM!
'Entertaining, endearing, and truly unique. Found myself wincing and laughing with familiarity' EMMA GANNON
'Hilarious' Evening Standard, 'Best New Books in 2021'
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Ellen and Alexa have survived hangovers, dodgy landlords and most of their twenties together.
But can they survive this?
One Saturday morning, while nursing The Hangover from Hell, a flooded kitchen leads best mates Ellen and Alexa, and hapless housemate Jack, into their attic to turn off the water supply.
But when Ben - Alexa's date from the night before - walks in, the door slams, the handle breaks and all four of them are trapped.
Cue The Worst morning-after-the-night before.
As the hours tick by, Ellen nurses her sore head and watches as her best friend falls for this handsome stranger.
Only for a horrifying realisation to hit. She is sure she knows Ben from somewhere.
Frantically searching her memories, Ellen tries to piece together exactly how they've met before.
When a distant memory finally comes to her, she desperately wonders: could Ben really be who she thinks he is . . .
And more importantly, what on earth is she going to do about it . . .
Welcome to The Lock In.
This is a hilarious story of housemates and hangovers and friendship and dating as four twenty-somethings discover what The Worst morning-after-the-night-before really looks like . . .
Fans of Dolly Alderton, Beth O'Leary and Mhairi McFarlane will LOVE this oh-so relatable tale of love, landlords and what can happen behind locked doors
AS SEEN IN GRAZIA
© Phoebe Luckhurst 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Imprint: Michael Joseph
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Published: 27/05/2021
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ISBN: 9780241521618
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Length: 611 Minutes
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RRP: £13.00
Reviews
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Entertaining, endearing, and truly unique. Found myself wincing and laughing with familiarity
Emma Gannon, bestselling author of Olive
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The year's most original romcom
ELLE
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Hilarious
Evening Standard, 'Best New Books in 2021'
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David Nicholls for millennials . . . The Lock In is a dream read: an immaculately plotted romcom which vividly captures both late teenagehood and twentysomething houseshares
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A high-concept romcom that's stuffed full of belly laughs and nostalgia
Red
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Such a fun, clever, original and massively entertaining read . . . I love it, you'll love it
Lindsey Kelk
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I LOVED this book . . . I highly recommend The Lock In if you fancy a fun summer time read
Carrie Hope Fletcher
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Beautifully written, warm and fun with a dose of early noughties nostalgia, The Lock In is a perfect summer read
Laura Kay, author of The Split
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I loved this book. Brilliantly written and so perceptive on the trials and tribulations of Generation Rent, it's also screamingly funny, deliciously nostalgic and really just a very fun time. I almost wish they'd stayed locked in for longer
Lauren Bravo
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An immensely readable, witty and well-crafted debut . . . a very millennial tale of love, loneliness and friendship
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