‘Think Brideshead Revisited meets The Talented Mr Ripley with a dash of The Riot Club. I couldn't put it down’ Louise O’Neill, author of Asking For It ‘An exhilarating and gripping psychological thriller about obsession, betrayal, jealousy and class distinctions. Elizabeth Day’s writing is impeccable, suspenseful and clever. I couldn’t put this down!’ Rosie Huntington-Whiteley ‘Superb – clever, gripping, psychologically acute’ Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us ‘What will probably be my book of the year … I loved it’ Sinead Crowley, Irish Independent 'Fast out of the traps, compelling and infinitely believable: but what really got me about The Party was the writing. Stunning' Susie Steiner, author of Missing, Presumed ‘A well-paced slow-burner of a literary thriller – think Donna Tartt’s The Secret History or Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty… The Party is a gripping page-turner’ Observer ‘Devious, witty, thrilling' Refinery 29 ‘Skilfully constructed, suspenseful narrative … It’s a smart, wittily written riff on class, privilege and power’ Mail on Sunday ‘Echoes of The Secret History and The Talented Mr Ripley thrum through Elizabeth Day’s pacey fourth novel… jolly fun’ Sunday Times 'A sharp, stylish and witty as the perfect guest. Beware: you'll be up far too late’ Lucie Whitehouse, author of Before We Met ‘Elizabeth Day's latest novel is sinister and seductive and nothing short of breathtaking’ Francesca Seagal, author of The Innocents ‘This is a dark and compelling book of lifelong obsessions, jealousies and neuroses … I left this book wanting to read more of Day’s other work’ Guardian ‘I can’t recommend it highly enough’ Aine Toner, Women’s Way ‘The Party is a compelling read, but it’s a lot more than a page turner… We may have seen a hundred stories like this on the news, but Elizabeth Day’s perfectly pitched dialogue and vivid prose brings it all to life’ Catherine Chanter, author of The Well

The thrilling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick 2018 • A gripping literary thriller comparable to Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller (TCM 367,439), The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (TCM 255,000) and The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (TCM 115,000). • Elizabeth has a fast-growing profile as a journalist, with 13.5 Twitter followers. She is a feature writer for numerous publications in the UK and US including The Telegraph, The Times, the Guardian, the Observer, Vogue, Grazia, the Radio Times, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour, InStyle, the Lonely Planet Magazine, The Pool and Cosmopolitan. • Elizabeth has appeared on Radio 4's Saturday Review, Woman's Hour, Broadcasting House, The Last Word and on LBC and TalkSport's Late Show. • She is the co-founder of Pin Drop, a storytelling initiative for adults which stages short story narrations in inspiring settings. • Her critically-acclaimed debut novel Scissors Paper Stone won a Betty Trask Award for first novels written by authors under the age of 35 • Her third and most recent novel, Paradise City was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Observer, Paste Magazine and the Evening Standard, and was People magazine's Book of the Week. Competition: gather the daughters; house of names; lie of the land; past secrets; conversations with friends; fact of a body; under the sun; midnight line; he said she said; eleanor oliphant. alan hollinghurst; amanda craig; sally rooney; Julie cohen; gail honeyman