First published 2026
Kate has spent thirty years building a comfortable North London life with Jack, her architect husband. They speak in the shorthand of long marriage, sharing private jokes and intimate moments that belong only to them. Then millennial screenwriter Phoebe creates Cheating, a steamy television series that becomes the year's biggest sensation. Kate watches in growing horror as she recognizes her own marriage reflected in the show's plot. The details are too specific, too personal. Someone has stolen her story and broadcast it to millions. But how did Phoebe learn these secrets? Kate begins to suspect betrayal from the person closest to her. Meanwhile, Phoebe enjoys her success with her charming but lazy partner Tony, unaware of the storm building around her hit show. Two women from different generations circle each other in suspicion and anger. One has taken something that doesn't belong to her. The other wants it back. Their conflict escalates into a battle where trust shatters and only one woman can emerge victorious.
Genres: fiction, drama, literary-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: betrayal, deception, enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: North London
Period: 21st-century
304 pages · Hardcover · W. W. Norton & Company