None of This is True

Two women turn forty-five on the same day and meet by accident in a local pub, which is where the trouble starts. Lisa Jewell sets podcaster Alix Summer against Josie Fair, who proposes herself as an interview subject and turns out to be carrying a great deal more than an interesting story. As Alix keeps recording, Josie moves steadily closer, first into the podcast and then into the house, and the structure, assembled partly from documentary and interview material, keeps the reader adjusting who is being studied and who is doing the studying. It was voted crime novel of the year in 2024. Things readers tend to notice: • Told partly through podcast transcripts and documentary fragments • Two accounts of the same events that steadily diverge • Award-winning bestseller from the author of The Family Upstairs • A domestic setting that turns claustrophobic by degrees For readers of psychological suspense and unreliable narration, stocked by Boipoka.