The exhilarating new novel from the bestselling author of The Party and How to Fail: a thrilling; stylish and psychologically astute story of jealousy; motherhood and power. ‘A book that needed to exist in the world. It is the book that was missing’ Lisa Taddeo; author of Three Women and Animal She has almost everything. The rest she’ll take. Marisa may have only known Jake a few months; but she has never felt this certain about anyone. When he asks her to move in with him and they start trying for a baby; she knows she has finally found the steadfast love and support she has been looking for all her life. But their relationship is tested when they take in a lodger; Kate; who has little regard for personal boundaries and seems to take an uncomfortable interest in Jake – as well as the baby they are hoping to have. Why is Kate so obsessed with the couple? And; more worryingly; why doesn’t Jake share Marisa's concern? In her determination to find the answers; Marisa risks losing everything she holds dear… Magpie is a tense; twisting; brilliantly written novel about mothers and children; envy and possession; and the dangers of getting everything you’ve ever dreamed of.