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Like A House On Fire

Caroline Hulse

Things Stella and George have had blazing rows about:

– Misquoting Jurassic Park.

– Leaving a Coke can on the side of the bath.

– Fitting car seats for their hypothetical kids.

In other news, they’re getting divorced.


But first, Stella’s mum is throwing a murder mystery party and – with her dad losing his job, her mum’s recent diagnosis, and some very odd behaviour from her sister – now is not the time to tell everyone.All Stella and George have to do is make it through the day without their break-up being discovered – though it will soon turn out that having secrets runs in the family…

‘Acutely observed and brilliantly funny’ Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of After the End

‘A triumph of a novel’ Beth O'Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare

'Funny and sad and relateable and deeply human‘ Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange

‘Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie, Like A House On Fire is everything I love in a book…I was hooked from page one. Bravo, what a triumph!’ Josie Silver, bestselling author of One Day in December

‘Sheer delight from start to finish‘ Lesley Kara

‘Witty, whip-smart and wincingly observant, pure entertainment from start to finish. A Caroline Hulse book is a reading highlight of my year’ Cathy Bramley, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Patchwork Family

‘Absolutely loved Like A House On Fire. A proper delight‘ Richard Roper

Hilarious and brilliant and clever in that way only Caroline knows how to be. So compelling, I couldn’t put it down‘ Lucy Vine

‘Caroline Hulse is a very funny writer and a wonderfully compassionate observer of human frailty‘ Kate Eberlen

‘Funny, moving and astute. A triumph!‘ Nicola Mostyn

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