

A compelling, twisting read’MATT HAIG, author of The Midnight Library and The Comfort Book. ‘Magpie is a clever, suspenseful read with a brilliant central pivot and a keen eye for relationships, including the toxic ones.

It is the book that was missing” - LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN AND ANIMAL

It is both sinister and comforting, outrageous but grounded, with a head-spinning plot twist…Magpie is a book that needed to exist in the world.

”'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. ‘A dark, sleek, ever-tightening spiral …Completely, terrifyingly BRILLIANT’MARIAN KEYES, AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS. ‘A rich plot that also delves into meaty topics’ ‘Be prepared for a sleight-of-hand-twist that will leave you gasping’ ‘A compassionately crafted psychological drama’ ‘A pacy, stylish thriller in which suspense is accompanied by fist-pumping feminism and, perhaps toughest of all, hope.’ How far will she go to find the answer – and how much is she willing to lose? That the woman sleeping in their house will stop at nothing to get what she wants. And she trusts him – doesn’t she?īut Marisa knows something is wrong. Is it the way she looks at Marisa’s boyfriend? Sits too close on the sofa? Constantly asks about the baby they are trying for? Or is it all just in Marisa’s head?Īfter all, that’s what her Jake keeps telling her. In Jake, Marisa has found everything she’s ever wanted. She puts her toothbrush right there in the master bathroom, on the shelf next to theirs. She makes herself at home without any self-consciousness. Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN AND ANIMAL ‘A book that needed to exist in the world.
