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Magpie by Elizabeth Day
In Elizabeth Day's psychological thriller, a happy couple's lives are upended when a young woman comes into their orbit. Soon they will implode. Pippa Nixon reads.
From the novelist, podcaster and journalist Elizabeth Day comes Magpie, an exhilarating psychological story about jealousy, motherhood and power. A happy couple are trying for a baby when a young woman enters their lives. It isn't long before her presence upends everything and their dreams unravel. Elizabeth Day is an award-winning novelist, journalist and podcaster. Her memoir How To Fail was a best-seller, and her podcast, How to Fail With Elizabeth Day, is a chart-topping podcast. Abridged by Rowan Routh Produced by Elizabeth Allard