SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2026

EXTREMELY SMART, IMPOSSIBLY FUNNY, AND JUST PLAIN FUN TO READ CARO CLAIRE BURKE, AUTHOR OF YESTERYEAR

A VOICE LIKE NO OTHER LENA DUNHAM


Think your family is dysfunctional? Meet the Flynns.


For the three Flynn daughters, it s been disastrous since their parents opened up their marriage. Abigail, the eldest, is dating an ex-soldier several years her senior nicknamed War Crimes Wes . Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist. And the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to a wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone or something is monitoring the town s citizens.

Casting a shadow across their lives is Paul Alabaster, a nefarious local billionaire. Rumours of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with Alabaster s machinations sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy one that may just, finally, bring them closer together.

The instantSunday Times bestseller

THE MOST WILDLY ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE YEAR HARPER S BAZAAR

THE DEBUT NOVEL FOR 2026 THAT HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN THE MOST SHOUTED ABOUT THE SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

A DARKLY FUNNY FAMILY SAGA BUSTLE

AN INSTANT CLASSIC SHORTLIST

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