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  • Published: 15 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9781784701901
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $29.99

Something to Hide




The bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Tulip Fever is back with a warm, witty and wise novel about the unexpected twists that later life can bring .

The bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Tulip Fever is back with a warm, witty and wise novel about the unexpected twists that later life can bring.

'Nobody in the world knows our secret ... that I've ruined Bev's life, and she's ruined mine.'

Petra's love life is a bit of a car-crash, even in her sixties. But then she falls for Jeremy, an old chum, visiting from abroad. The catch? Jeremy is her best friend's husband.

And just as Petra is beginning to relax guiltily into her happy ever after, she finds herself catapulted to West Africa, and to Bev, her best friend who she's been betraying so spectacularly.

It turns out that no matter where you are in the world, everyone has something to hide. Can Bev - can anyone - be trusted?

  • Published: 15 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9781784701901
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Deborah Moggach

Deborah Moggach is the author of many successful novels including Tulip Fever and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which was made into a top-grossing film starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith. Her screenplays include the film of Pride and Prejudice, which was nominated for a BAFTA. She lives in Wales.

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Praise for Something to Hide

Pulling the reader along on a fast-paced transcontinental journey, Something to Hide is engaging, poignant and prompts snorts of laughter

Catherine Scott, 4 stars, Daily Telegraph

[A] sprightly tale… [With] a lightness of touch

RTE Guide

This is an absorbing read, with surprises and moments of tension that make it a genuine page-turner

Shirley Whiteside, Independent On Sunday

A poignant story of the secrets and deceptions that lie at the heart of every relationship

Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler

Funny, touching and surprising

Woman and Home

This is classic Moggach: readable, memorable and eminently filmable

Melissa Katsoulis, The Times

Tense and thrilling

Philippa Williams, Lady

This is a great read, full of humour, insight and exotic foreign flavour

Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

a gentle, easy-reading tale of happenstance and second chances

Lucy Scholes, Observer

A skillful and genuinely moving page-tuner with plenty of surprises

Sunday Express

An unpredictable tale of love loss and deception

Red

Funny and touching with a fast-moving plot – the perfect Summer read.

Good Housekeeping

[A] warm, witty and wise novel.

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An up-to-date, global page-turner.

WI Life