Lost Lambs

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2026

‘I LOVED IT, I RACED THROUGH IT. IT'S JUST FANTASTIC WRITING’ SARAH JESSICA PARKER

‘EXTREMELY SMART, IMPOSSIBLY FUNNY, AND JUST PLAIN FUN TO READ’ CARO CLAIRE BURKE, AUTHOR OF YESTERYEAR

‘A VOICE LIKE NO OTHER’ LENA DUNHAM


Think your family is dysfunctional? Meet the Flynns.

It’s been disastrous since Bud and Catherine opened up their marriage. Bud now sleeps in the family minivan while Catherine plots a liaison with their neighbour.

As for their three teenage daughters: Abigail is dating an ex-soldier several years her senior; Louise dreams of winning an Inner Beauty Pageant; and Harper, the brilliant youngest, is increasingly paranoid that there are secrets to be uncovered in their small coastal town.

Casting a shadow across all their lives is Paul Alabaster, a local billionaire, whose corrupt machinations send the Flynn family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy – one that may just, finally, bring them closer together.


The instant Sunday Times bestseller

'I LAUGHED SO HARD I SLIPPED A DISC' BILLIE PIPER

'ECCENTRIC, FUNNY, DEEPLY HUMAN... I LOVED EVERY PAGE' EMMA ROBERTS

‘THE MOST WILDLY ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE YEAR’ HARPER’S BAZAAR

‘THE DEBUT NOVEL FOR 2026 THAT HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN THE MOST SHOUTED ABOUT’ THE SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

‘A DARKLY FUNNY FAMILY SAGA’ BUSTLE

‘AN INSTANT CLASSIC’ SHORTLIST