This new novel from novelist and journalist John Lanchester (‘Capital’) is narrated through the perspectives of two women. Kate is a devoted wife who is grieving the death of her perfect husband Jack, their thirty-year marriage and the secret language they shared together. Phoebe is a young screenwriter who is basking in the success of her hit Netflix show ‘Cheating’, written about an older man’s infidelity. When Kate overhears a line from the show that could only have come from the private language she and Jack shared, her world comes crashing down on her. What ensues is the messy untangling of the marriage she had with Jack, the ghosts of the past that haunt her present, and the revenge she must enact. John Lanchester’s complex characters shine in this quick-witted and unpredictable novel about betrayal, grudges and how far people will go to get what they want. IM

Published by Faber & Faber