Big Little Truths

Ten years after the disastrous school quiz night at Pirriwee, when a man died and talk of murder swept through the town, Madeline, Celeste and Jane still feel the fallout. Their children are now grumpy teenagers. Madeline is planning her fiftieth birthday party, unaware she is about to be upstaged. Jane is so pleased with her marriage to Tom that she hasn't noticed it is faltering. Celeste, haunted by her late husband, dreads her mother-in-law's next move. Then the school receives an anonymous package holding a severed finger, and suspicion starts to spread.

Liane Moriarty's sequel to Big Little Lies, the novel behind the award-winning television series, keeps its mix of sharp comedy, loyal friendship and creeping dread. A treat for anyone who has wondered what became of those three women.