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Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast.

Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins.

A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.

Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.

But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.

Who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?

34% (view spoiler)[Who is Josie Fair is right? Seriously what is her deal. There's so much that does not make sense just yet and I can't put a finger on it. I know there's some weirdness going on with her children but what would lead her to give sweet lil Fred away? And what's with her Alix obsession and clepto tendencies? (hide spoiler)]

51% (view spoiler)[Oh geez now she’s stealing again and doesn’t want to leave. But like did her hubby actually do that to her? Where is he? (hide spoiler)]

75% (view spoiler)[Nathan is coming off as an asshole but I still hope he’s ok. Josie is going a little far with this and it’s insane the drama she’s trying to cause. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[What the hell did I just read? What the hell was up with Josie? And killing Nathan was a bridge too far, hell killing her husband during a heart attack was too much. The one thing I don’t get is what actually happened with the daughter killing Brooke, like I need more details around that cause there was so much information thrown at us and I can’t make sense of it all. I’m just not understanding Josie’s motives. (hide spoiler)]