Ex journalist Tash has been searching for a story to launch her freelance career. But she has also been searching for something else. New friends to help her navigate motherhood.

She sees them at her son’s new playgroup. The other mothers. The sleek, the sophisticated, the successful mothers … The women she wants to be. 

And then one day they welcome her into their circle and Tash discovers the kind of life she has always dreamt of; their elegant London townhouses a far cry from her cramped basement flat and endless bills.

These families seem to have everything. But they also have their secrets.

And it’s soon clear that not everyone at the playgroup can be trusted.

Katherine Faulkner is a novelist and journalist. After studying History at Cambridge University, she completed a postgraduate diploma in journalism, and spent a decade working for national newspapers. She has worked as an investigative reporter, and won the Cudlipp Award for public interest journalism for her undercover work. She is now the Head of Projects for the Sunday Times. Her debut novel, Greenwich Park, was selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and is an international bestseller. She lives in North London with her husband and two daughters.