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The instant top 10 bestseller and the thriller everyone is talking about ‘impossible to put down’ helen fielding ‘fearless, stylish, suspenseful and immensely entertaining’ louise candlish ‘a fast-paced, feminist thriller. i adored it’ gillian mcallister late one night, three women share secrets. they barely know each other, but they all know jamie lawrence. they know what he’s guilty of. and they agree something must be done. but as their plan spirals out of control, they begin to doubt themselves . . . and each other. then jamie is found dead. and suddenly everything is at stake. as lies are unravelled and truths exposed, two urgent questions emerge: who is really guilty? and who will have to pay?

Intimate, honest and touching, this is the story of deborah rodriguez’s often hilarious journey of self-discovery. forced to flee her life in afghanistan after the publication of her first book, the kabul beauty school, she leaves behind her friends, her possessions and her two beloved businesses: a hair salon and a coffee shop. but life proves no easier ‘back home’. after a year living in california where she feels like a misfit, teetering on the edge of sanity, deborah makes a decision. one way or another she’s going to get the old deb back. so, at the age of forty-nine, she packs her life and her cat, polly, into her mini cooper and heads south to a pretty seaside town in mexico. home is now an unassuming little house on carnaval street. there she struggles to learn spanish, works out with strippers and spends her saturday nights watching clowns. and maybe – just maybe – the magic of mexico will finally give her what she’s always dreamed of: a life on her own terms … if you liked eat, pray, love you will love the house on carnaval street. rodriguez’s story speaks to every woman, mother, sister, wife – to anyone who has ever questioned their relationships, their place in the world and the choices that they’ve made.

‘although it is difficult to believe, the 60s are not fictional; they actually happened’ (from the author’s note). hearts in atlantis comprises of five brilliant, interconnected, sequential narratives, each deeply rooted in the 60s and haunted by the vietnam war: in ‘low men in yellow coats’ 11-year-old bobby discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror. in the title story, a bunch of college kids get hooked on a card game, discover the possibility of protest … and confront their own collective heart of darkness. in ‘blind willie’ and ‘why we’re in vietnam’, two men who grew up with bobby in suburban connecticut try to fill the emptiness of the post-vietnam era. and in ‘heavenly shades of night are falling’ bobby returns to his hometown where one final secret, the hope of redemption, and his heart’s desire may await him.

The no. 1 bestseller and a sunday times book of the year 2023 ‘giddily joyful. moyes writes . . . with warmth and a wonderfully wicked sense of humour’ the times ‘delightful. nobody writes women the way jojo moyes does – recognizably real and complex and funny and flawed’ jodi picoult ‘very few authors have the power to make you laugh on one page and cry on the next. moyes is one of them’ new york times ‘so much fun. beautiful about female friendship’ marian keyes ‘a book we all need in our lives right now. a fabulous and funny romp’ woman & home who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else’s shoes? __________ meet sam she’s not got much, but she’s grateful for what she has: a job she’s just about clinging on to and a family who depend on her for everything. she knows she’s one bad day away from losing it all – and just hopes today isn’t it . . . meet nisha she’s got everything she always dreamed of – and more: a phenomenally rich husband; an international lifestyle; and . . . she’s just been locked out of all of it after her husband initiates divorce proceedings . . . sam and nisha should never have crossed paths. but after a bag mix-up at the gym, their lives become intertwined – even as they spiral out of control. each blames the other as they feel increasingly invisible, forgotten, lost – and desperately alone. but they’re not. no woman is an island. look around. family. friends. strangers. even the woman you believe just ruined your life might turn out to be your best friend. because together you can do anything – like take back what is yours . . . __________ ‘[a] captivating new blockbuster. once you step into the lives of sam and nisha, you’ll be racing through the pages. relatable, memorable and engaging’ daily express ‘a paean to women’s solidarity wrapped up in a very funny revenge-fuelled caper’ the times ‘a warm, witty and uplifting novel . . . it’s a joy to spend time with jojo moyes’ flawed, likeable characters. another winner from a fabulous author’ sunday express ‘a love letter to the strength of female friendship and how women can really be there for each other’ good housekeeping ‘hard-hitting and laugh-aloud . . . two women’s lives intertwine and change profoundly in this story full of richly imagined characters’ the times ’empathy and an extravagant plot collide in moyes’s big hug of a novel’ mail on sunday someone else’s shoes: no 1 sunday times bestseller february 2023