A stunning novel about motherhood and betrayal, for readers who love Sarah Vaughan and Louise Candlish.
âDeliciously dark and totally twistedâ ERIN KELLY
âVery acute on class, aspiration, women and statusâ SARAH PERRY, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT
Kate trusts Della, and Della trusts Kate.Their downfall is each other.
When Kate moves to London after the disappearance of her sister, sheâs in need of a friend. A chance meeting leads Kate to Della, a life coach who runs support groups for young women, dubbed by Kate as âthe Janes.â
Della takes a special interest in Kate, and Kate soon finds herself entangled in Dellaâs life â her house, her family, and her husband. Itâs only when she realises that sheâs in too deep that Dellaâs veneer begins to crumble, and the warnings from âthe Janesâ begin to come true.
Why is Della so keen to keep Kate by her side? What does Kate have that Della might want? And what really lies beneath the surface of their friendship?
A twisty psychological thriller for fans of Louise Candlish and Harriet Tyce.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGâThis twisty thriller is jam-packed with tense moments and a growing sense of uneaseâ
GILLIAN MCALLISTERâDark, smart and classyâ
DAILY MAILâNorthedge is good at portraying the distinction between the real insecurities of some young women and the minor problems of the privileged typeâ
THE TIMESâCharlotte Northedge turns the psychological thumbscrews with relishâ
THE OBSERVERâFull of twists, The House Guest spirals towards its dark conclusion, wrong footing the increasingly uneasy reader at every turn.â
The perfect family. The perfect chance. The perfect lie.