Lottie Moggach

Leila, a sheltered young misfit, discovers an online chat forum where she feels accepted and falls under the spell of the website's charismatic founder, who entices her into assuming the stolen identity of a glamorous but desperate woman.

Kiss Me First

Anna's friends and family think she is living the dream in her beautiful finca under the Spanish sun. But the reality is far from perfect. The handsome, complicated man she was building a life with has left with little more than a note to say goodbye and the future she imagined has crashed around her ears. Anna has secretly embarked on an ill-advised affair and lives above the dingy bar she runs in the sleepy beach town of Marea, surrounded by British expats as homesick and stuck as she is.When Simon, a local businessman, offers to rent the finca, Anna hopes it will pave the way for her escape. But there is more to him than meets the eye, and when a body washes up on the beach in mysterious circumstances, Anna realises she may be the only one with the power to unravel the truth. But how can she prove that Simon is connected, and how can she reclaim her house? Anna is prepared to risk everything to get home -- even though she's no longer sure where home really is.Urgent, gripping and brilliantly observed, Under the Sun is an exhilarating novel about heartbreak, identity, migration and finding a place to call home.

Under the Sun

Brixton Hill

Ich bin Tess

The timely and unputdownable new novel from the acclaimed author of Kiss Me First. Anna's friends and family think she is living the dream in her beautiful finca under the Spanish sun. But the reality is far from perfect. The handsome, complicated man she was building a life with has left with little more than a note to say goodbye and the future she imagined has crashed around her ears. Anna has secretly embarked on an ill-advised affair and lives above the dingy bar she runs in the sleepy beach town of Marea, surrounded by British expats as homesick and stuck as she is. When Simon, a local businessman, offers to rent the finca, Anna hopes it will pave the way for her escape. But there is more to him than meets the eye, and when a body washes up on the beach in mysterious circumstances, Anna realizes she may be the only one with the power to unravel the truth. But how can she prove that Simon is connected, and how can she reclaim her house? Anna is prepared to risk everything to get home - even though she's no longer sure where home really is. Urgent, gripping and brilliantly observed, Under the Sun is an exhilarating novel about heartbreak, identity, migration and finding a place to call home.

Leila has never met Tess, but she now knows more about Tess than anyone in the world. She's read all of her emails, researched her past and asked Tess for every detail about her friends and family. Tess has never met Leila. But if she wants to slip away from the world unnoticed, she needs to trust Leila with her life.

'Brixton Hill shares the confident sheen of its predecessors and offers [Moggach's] most accomplished plot yet . . . And, like all the best storytellers, Moggach knows how to choreograph an ending' - the Observer As Rob reaches the end of a seven year stretch inside, he winds up in an open prison in Brixton. Each morning, he exits the prison gates and begins the short walk to a local charity shop, where he spends the day in the backroom sorting through other people's discarded belongings. All he needs to do is keep his nose out of trouble and in just a few months' time, he'll be out for good. One morning in the bustle of commuters on Brixton Hill, Rob notices a well-dressed woman trip over. He helps her up and they exchange a few words before parting ways, but she's made a lasting impression on him. From that day on, Rob keeps an eye out for her - and always seems to get lucky with a sighting. Despite coming from very different worlds, the pair slowly become acquainted and Rob gets increasingly desperate to hide his current residence from her. But who exactly is this woman who seems to have a growing interest in him? Rob must be very careful - one false step and it could set him back years . . . Brixton Hill is a teasing study of desperate lives delivered in a series of charged encounters on the streets of south London. Nail-biting in its execution, award-winning author Lottie Moggach ratchets up the tension, taking us behind the prison walls and into a world in which no one is quite who they seem. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Brixton Hill is brilliant. So utterly gripping and clever and heartbreaking. The details of the prison and the sense of being poised-over-the-abyss are acutely conjured and yet never overload the nail-biting nature of the story' Sabine Durrant '[A] compelling, twisty-turny look at a prisoner coming to the end of his sentence' The Sun (Fabulous Magazine) 'Gripping and full of twists and turns' Daily Mail (review of the Radio 4 production) 'I was soon pulled right into the novel's tight, twisting plot that never relaxes its hold. The prison scenes are extraordinarily well drawn, as are the characters, and in particular the main protagonist's fear of been pulled into a situation which could jeopardize his desperately-sought release' CJ Sansom

När Leila upptäcker sajten Red Pill känner hon att hon äntligen har hittat människor som förstår henne. Hon är en ung kvinna som haft en skyddad uppväxt tillsammans med sin mamma, och hon har ofta haft svårt att få kontakt med flickorna i skolan. Men på Red Pill, ett chatforum för moraliska diskussioner, blommar Leila ut och imponerar på sajtens grundare, en lysande och undflyende man vid namn Adrian. Leila blir upprymd när Adrian ber att få träffa henne och smickrad när han erbjuder henne att delta i »Projekt Tess«. Tess är en kvinna som Leila antagligen aldrig skulle ha träffat i verkliga livet. Hon är vacker, urban, smart och sargad. Medan Leila och Tess mailar, chattar och pratar över Skype, blir Leila alltmer indragen i Tess värld och steg för steg lär hon sig allt, in i minsta detalj, om henne  snart måste hon nämligen bli Tess LOTTIE MOGGACH är en brittisk journalist som inledde sin karriär på The Times och numera skriver i bland annat Time Out, Elle och GQ. Kiss Me First, som är hennes debutroman, väckte ett enormt förhandsintresse i England, och såldes  efter budgivning  till Picador för ett sjusiffrigt belopp. »Smart, spännande och modigt. En The Talented Mr Ripley för Facebookeran.« POLLY SAMSON, författare till Perfect Lives »Moggachs imponerande debut är en gripande psykologisk thriller, desto mer oroväckande för sitt fullt tänkbara händelseförlopp. En mycket njutbar läsupplevelse.« PUBLISHERS WEEKLY »Kyss mig först är ett mörkt, oroande och knivskarpt utforskande av hur internetåldern förvandlar våra föreställningar om verklighet och identitet.« TANA FRENCH, författare till Till skogs och Okänt offer »Lottie Moggach har satt fingret på vår tids puls.« LIZ JENSEN, författare till The Rapture

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