THE BOOK GAME

''''Glitters with secret agendas hidden lies and sun-soaked desires'''' Emma Stonex''''Whip-smart and made me laugh out loud. Magnificent'''' Joanna Cannon''''Thorny and sexy'''' Beth Morrey''''Pulsing with heat and intrigue'''' Marianne LevyWhat if your perfect life was a charade?It is August and eight old friends have gathered at a country house for a writers'''' retreat. By day there is reading beside the pool or writing in the shady corners of the estate. In the evenings – drinks dinner outdoors games midnight swimming.But as temperatures rise in the stifling last days of summer tensions do too. Old jealousies new temptations and bitter rivalries bubble to the surface. By the end of the week friendships – and lives – will have changed forever.Astute witty and page-turning The Book Game is a novel about ambition competition regret and desire; about paths not taken and last chances suddenly seized; about the games people play. It asks what it means in all senses to be in the middle of life.