Magpie: The most gripping psychological thriller of the year from Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth Day

*** Elizabeth Day’s new novel, One of Us, is available to pre-order now from Amazon. Out 25th September 2025. *** ‘Terrifyingly BRILLIANT’ MARIAN KEYES, AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS ‘A book that needed to exist in the world. It is the book that was missing’ LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN ‘Magnificent’ KATE MOSSE, AUTHOR OF THE CITY OF TEARS Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. She makes herself at home without any self-consciousness. She puts her toothbrush right there in the master bathroom, on the shelf next to theirs. In Jake, Marisa has found everything she’s ever wanted. Then their new lodger Kate arrives. Something about Kate isn’t right. Is it the way she looks at Marisa’s boyfriend? Sits too close on the sofa? Constantly asks about the baby they are trying for? Or is it all just in Marisa’s head? After all, that’s what her Jake keeps telling her. And she trusts him – doesn’t she? But Marisa knows something is wrong. That the woman sleeping in their house will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Marisa just doesn’t know why. How far will she go to find the answer – and how much is she willing to lose? ‘A pacy, stylish thriller in which suspense is accompanied by fist-pumping feminism and, perhaps toughest of all, hope. ’ THE OBSERVER ‘Pulse-quickening-tale’ STYLIST ‘Scintillating’ THE SUNDAY TIMES, THRILLER OF THE MONTH ‘A compassionately crafted psychological drama’ HARPERS BAZAAR ‘I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough’ PRIMA MAGAZINE ‘A genius twist that left me reeling’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Be prepared for a sleight-of-hand-twist that will leave you gasping’ RED MAGAZINE ‘Utterly engrossing’ REFINERY 29 ‘Sharp and sinister’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Impossible to put down’ DAILY MAIL ‘A rich plot that also delves into meaty topics’ GRAZIA Sunday Times bestseller 06/09/2021 As a Sunday Times bestselling author, Elizabeth Day's Magpie is a literary masterpiece that delves into the domestic intricacies of fertility and infertility. The health of relationships is tested, and the fitness of characters' mental states is challenged, making this thriller a must-read. For fans of Samantha Downing (My Lovely Wife), Catriona Ward (Sundial), Mike Bockoven (Killing It), Gillian Mcallister (Just Another Missing Person), and Lisa Jewell (Don’t Let Him In).