Swan Song

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE McKITTERICK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARD‘Scandalous’ DAILY MAIL‘Spellbinding’ SUNDAY EXPRESS‘Sparkling’ GUARDIAN‘Fascinating’ RED‘Remarkable’ WOMAN AND HOME‘Astounding’ EMERALD STREET‘Glamorous’ IRISH TIMESTo the outside world, they were the icons of high society - the most glamorous and influential women of their age. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. They trusted him with their most guarded, martini-soaked secrets, each believing she was more special and loved than the next...Until he betrayed them.‘Writers write. And one can’t be surprised if they write what they know.’______________________________‘The new Donna Tartt’ VOGUE'A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail.' SUNDAY TIMES