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  • Published: 3 August 2009
  • ISBN: 9781741668742
  • Imprint: Vintage Australia
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 354
  • RRP: $32.99

Don't Tell Eve




Revenge. It’s an art.

Revenge. It’s an art.

Set against a background of irritatingly blue skies, trendy restaurants and catty parties, Don't Tell Eve is a fast-paced, witty novel about obsession - and revenge. Papyrus Press was a respectable, old-fashioned publishing house. Until Eve arrived. Bursting into the office with all the pizzazz of an amateur ballroom dancer, Eve is quickly discovered to be a devil, who doesn't know how to wear Prada. She's been told she must turn the company's flagging finances around, and she doesn't care if her means are fair, foul, ethical, legal or even sensible: they just have to be effective.

With the aid of her sadistic sidekick Hilary, Eve believes she has everything under control. But she hasn't counted on interference from the enigmatic Jess, a woman with her own creative agenda. There is also the small matter of a missing bad-boy celebrity chef, a radical management book, a notorious artist and a set of mysterious dolls. And then there's Eve's inscrutable and damaged husband, who might well have an agenda of his own …

A fresh, funny, contemporary novel full of intrigue and a hefty dose of sexual tension, Don't Tell Eve will have you giggling - and guessing - until the very end.

  • Published: 3 August 2009
  • ISBN: 9781741668742
  • Imprint: Vintage Australia
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 354
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Airlie Lawson

Airlie Lawson has worked in many different roles in publishing houses across the globe. Don't Tell Eve is her first novel.

Praise for Don't Tell Eve

Don't Tell Eve had me gripped from the first page. It's funny, sexy and seriously stylish, I loved it!

Julia Morris, Author of Don’t You Know Who I Used to Be?

Fresh and funny

Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin

Lawson’s characterisation is exceptional. Eve and Hilary are memorable creations, each carefully balanced between the comic and the ridiculous. Lawson’s prose is sharp and candid. Overall, Don't Tell Eve is an intriguing and often hilarious novel, full of surprises and astute social observations.

January Jones, Australian Book Review