PRE-ORDER NOW The Girls by John Bowen

PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 04/06/2026

In their lovely Cotswolds village, Janet and Susan are known simply as `the girls'. Partners in love and work, co-proprietors of a picturesque shop, they lead an enviably peaceful life. But when a moment of surprising passion disrupts the equilibrium of their world, the girls' lives take a deeply unsettling turn. First comes motherhood. Then comes murder. Part-dark comedy, part-crime thriller, part-cosy love story, John Bowen's The Girls is a novel like none other. Told with warmth and affection, yet laced with dark unease, 'the girls' will ensure you never look on Middle England quite so quaintly again. `Startlingly offbeat' Gore Vidal`Absolutely wicked' Armistead Maupin`[For] those who feel Barbara Pym-ish on some days and Stephen King-ish on others . . . The Girls charms us as only certain tales `of village life' can' Washington Post

Binding: Paperback / softback