🧡 We need a new name for this genre, for authors who plunder the depths of intriguing relationships and expose human fallibility in a big sticky web of misdirection. I speak of the Lisa Jewells, the Liane Moriartys and, yes, the Lucy Clarkes. Because this audiobook was a lot of fab things - more on this below - but it was not a mystery, and thriller doesn’t cover it. Thrillations? Liesological Fiction? It’s a work in progress…

💚 Now, onto our main motion pic. Were I on an aeroplane while listening to this, I would soon be dragged off for not abiding by the “turn off all electronics during takeoff” rule. I could not stop listening. I hung onto every titillating morsel. It’s an intoxicating mix of controversial characters, jealousy, lies and secrets,