Magpie

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'Completely, terrifyingly BRILLIANT
Marian Keyes, author ofGrown Ups

I didnt want it to end
Lisa Taddeo, author ofThree Women andAnimal

Magnificent: I read it in one sitting
Kate Mosse, author of TheCity of Tears
When Marisa meets Jake, everything falls into place. But then their new lodger Kate arrives.

Something isnt right about her. Its 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 its all in Marisas head. Thats what Jake thinks. And she trusts him, doesnt 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 Scandal

Utterly engrossing, a thick sense of dread unfurling from every page
Refinery29

I literally couldnt put this down
Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton

A compelling, twisting read
Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library

Sharp, twisty Impossible to put down
Daily Mail

A pulse-quickening tale
Stylist

Sharp and sinister
Mail on Sunday

A pacy, stylish thriller
Observer

Scintillating
The Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month

A compassionately crafted psychological drama
Harpers Bazaar

I couldnt turn the pages fast enough
Prima Magazine

Be prepared for a sleight-of-hand-twist that will leave you gasping
Red Magazine

Sunday Times bestseller 06/09/2021

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'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 twistMagpie 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 couldnt 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 wont see coming. Stylish, sinister, and clever, this is a sublime thriller
LOUISE ONEILL, 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

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.