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  • Published: 28 August 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405923453
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

The Betrayals




A dark and emotional novel about the fine line between friendship and betrayal, from the number one bestseller

When Rosie Rankin's best friend has an affair with her husband, the consequences reverberate through the lives of both their families. Relationships are torn apart and friendships shattered.

Years later, the arrival of a letter opens old wounds for the Rankins, Daughter Daisy's fragile hold on reality begins to unravel and son Max blames himself for everything that happened that fateful summer. And Rosie's ex-husband Nick has his own version of events. As repressed memories bubble to the surface, the past has never seemed more present and the truth more murky.

Sometimes, there are four sides to the story. Who do you believe?

  • Published: 28 August 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405923453
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Fiona Neill

Fiona Neill is an author and journalist who has written four Sunday Times bestsellers. Her first novel The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy, based on her hugely popular column in The Times, was an international bestseller that was published in twenty-five countries. Her last widely acclaimed novel The Betrayals was a Richard & Judy Book Club Pick 2017.

Fiona worked as a foreign correspondent in Central America for six years and returned to the UK as assistant editor on Marie Claire before joining The Times Magazine as assistant editor. She has written for many publications including The Times, Sunday Times Style, and The Telegraph Magazine as well as a screenplay of her first novel for the BFI.


Fiona grew up in rural North Norfolk and lives in London with her husband and three children.
Discover more about Fiona and her work at fionaneill.co.uk

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Praise for The Betrayals

Sometimes there are four sides to a story - but which one will you believe in the engrossing RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK, The Betrayals

from the publisher's description

Praise for The Good Girl

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A rollicking read that should not be picked up at bedtime, or you'll be done for in terms of a good night's sleep. Neill is brilliant at capturing the wrong turns people make and the consequences that follow

Stylist

I thoroughly enjoyed this brilliantly observed novel about a family in meltdown. I have never read anything by Fiona Neill before, but after reading this totally absorbing tale, that is a situation I intend to rectify

Kathryn Hughes, Number One Kindle bestselling author of The Letter

Neill's plotting is beyond compare . . . Weaving an utterly absorbing account of deception and desire, Neill leaves you asking the question: Which voice can you trust?

Nicola Moriarty, author of The Fifth Letter

The Good Girl looks set to be the next Gone Girl, with its dark compelling exploration of family secrets . . .

Seven Books to Read, House Seven

The Good Girl raises all kinds of contemporary issues with wit and sensitivity

Times

The Good Girl is vivid and insightful, and Neill has a trained eye for the pressures and poignancies of modern family life

Guardian

A topical, tense and addictive read

Good Housekeeping

A vivid and insightful portrayal of a family in crisis; Neill's writing is incisive, smart and at times darkly funny. A writer at the top of her game; I will be telling everybody I know about this book

Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestselling author of Everything but the Truth

Clever, grown-up and totally gripping

Lisa Jewell

Cracking

Prima

Exquisitely drawn and perfectly realised, no one writes about modern family with more truth and authenticity than Fiona Neill. She nails it every single time

Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times bestselling author of I Found You

Neill takes a light scalpel to online disaster in this exceptional dual-narrative

Grazia

Neill writes with verve, honesty and breathtaking insight. Utterly unputdownable

Helen Walsh, author of The Lemon Grove

Neill's characters are so cleverly depicted, you feel as if you've met at least one of them before

Vogue

Sometimes touching, sometimes shocking... this cautionary coming-of-age tale is a thought-provoking one

Daily Mail

Tapping into the issues of the day . . . this is a novel made for heated book club debates

Stylist

Telling the story of four intriguing family members in the years following an affair and a break-up, the cleverly structured plot revolves around psychology: particularly how people perceive and recall the same events differently. The Betrayals is thought-provoking and stands out from the crowd

Grazia

Two families become embroiled in each other's lives and long buried secrets are unravelled. Contemporary issues are tackled here with both humour and realism, making for an engrossing read

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