One of Us

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Intelligent, darkly humorous and brilliantly written STANLEY TUCCIThis is Elizabeth Day's writing at its finest DOLLY ALDERTONA tantalising portrait of privilege and power THE TIMES

In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power.

Martin and Ben were friends for decades best friends, Martin would have said before the terrible events at Bens 40th birthday party tore them apart. So when Martin receives a surprise invitation back into the inner sanctum of the dazzling Fitzmaurice family after seven years of silence, he cant resist the chance to get his revenge.

Ben has risen through the ranks of power, and is now touted as the next Prime Minister. But Martin cant help but notice certain flies in the ointment Bens wife, Serena, for instance, whose privileged existence is beginning to feel like a gilded cage. Or their daughter, Cosima, an environmental activist fighting against everything her parents once stood for. Or the disgraced MP Richard Take, determined to make his big comeback. And then theres Fliss, the Fitzmaurice black sheep, whose untimely death sparks more suspicion than closure. Through their intertwined stories, we see a family and a nation unravelling under the weight of its secrets.

With everyone watching, the stage is set for a reckoning. It's time for Martin and Ben to confront what love truly means when everythingfamily, power, and loyaltyis on the line.

Speaks truth to power in such an entertaining, gripping way MARIAN KEYES

Clever and superbly crafted KATE MOSSE

Gorgeously written, utterly compelling, and full of characters you will love and hate and also love to hate SARA COLLINS

The thinking persons thriller. Part Highsmith, part Waugh A superbly gripping plot LUCY FOLEY

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One of Us is intelligent, darkly humorous and brilliantly written. It is a story for our time STANLEY TUCCI

Funny, sharp, sophisticated, this is Elizabeth Days writing at its finest DOLLY ALDERTON

Speaks truth to power in such an entertaining, gripping way. If a man had written this it would DEFINITELY be called a state of the nation novel and essential reading. Elizabeth Day deserves all those accolades (and ALL the praise) MARIAN KEYES

Clever and superbly-crafted It'll keep you turning the page until the very last sentence, I loved it and read it in one sitting KATE MOSSE

One of Us is thrillingly astute on the state of the nation, but it is also gorgeously written, utterly compelling, and full of characters you will love and hate and also love to hate! A book as stylish and inimitable as its author SARA COLLINS

The thinking persons thriller. Part Highsmith, part Waugh A superbly gripping plot with a gimlet-eyed interrogation of class, privilege and power in modern Britain LUCY FOLEY

A razor-sharp take on class, identity, friendship and the political establishment with a side order of compassion and some unforgettable characters. Just glorious JENNIE GODFREY

'One of the foremost writers of our time. A political thriller, anti-establishment revenge novel. Unputdownable and really cracking' FI GLOVER

Hilariously funny, yet also deeply powerful. A rare and compelling combination JOANNA CANNON

Im already hooked on this juicy revenge comedy a tantalising portrait of privilege and powerTHE TIMES

Author Bio

Elizabeth Day is the author of four novels and Sunday Times bestelling memoir, How to Fail. Her acclaimed debut Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award and Home Fires was an Observer book of the year. Her third, Paradise City, was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Evening Standard, and The Party was an Amazon bestseller and a Richard & Judy bookclub pick. She is also an award-winning journalist and has written extensively for The Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Observer, Harper's Bazaar and Elle. She is currently a columnist for the Mail on Sunday's You magazine and host of the iTunes chart-topping podcast, How To Fail With Elizabeth Day.