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Over Sharing

Just Got Real

The hilarious novel from the author of FAKING FRIENDS

Queen Bee

Tell Me a Secret

Foursome

The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Worst Idea Ever

Faking Friends

The Ugly Sister

Skeletons

Got You Back

Getting Rid of Matthew

The deliciously fun and totally irresistible story of one woman’s quest to get even

My Sweet Revenge

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Worst Idea Ever

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I loved Worst Idea Ever. Another Fallonesque treat, possibly my favourite so far. Full of heart, humour and humanity. Great characters and a riveting story from the start. She's so good at tapping into the best and the worst in us. Fabulous

Worst Idea Ever is SO GOOD! I read it in one mad gulp

We adore Jane Fallon's novels, and this witty page-turner could be her best yet

Brilliant, gripping . . . Emotionally intelligent and beautifully written

We love everything Jane Fallon writes and this might be her best yet!

Fallon's trademark warmth and humour is very much to the fore with this tale of friendship gone badly wrong

Takes us on a deep dive into the emotionally murky waters which exist between protagonists Lydia and Georgia . . . I adored it

Ingenious. Her eye for detail, compressed emotion and the absurdity that lurks beneath what people say to each other, is unerring. Worst. Idea. Ever. strengthens her claim to be one of our very finest comic novelists

Funny, insightful, sharp, wicked, brilliant - Jane Fallon at her very best

Jane's talent lies in understanding human behaviour . . . Another winner. You won't regret it

Fallon constructs a nail-biting situation and has us turning the pages at speed . . . Fraught and fabulous, pacy and persuasive

A razor-sharp tale of friendship and secrets

I LOVE her books. She always delivers a fabaliss read

What’s a little white lie between best friends?

Georgia and Lydia are so close they're practically sisters. 
 
So when Lydia starts an online business that struggles, Georgia wants to help her - but she also understands Lydia's not the kind to accept a handout. 
 
Setting up a fake Twitter account, Georgia hopes to give her friend some anonymous moral support by posing as a potential customer. 
 
But then Lydia starts confiding in her new internet buddy and Georgia discovers she doesn't know her quite as well as she thought. 
 
Especially when Lydia reveals a secret that could tear Georgia's marriage apart . . .

A white lie never hurt anyone, right? . . . 
 
'Worst Idea Ever is SO GOOD! I read it in one mad gulp' MARIAN KEYES 
'Emotionally intelligent and beautifully written' DAILY MAIL 
'I loved Worst Idea Ever, possibly my favourite so far. Riveting' RUTH JONES 
'I literally could not put this book down' 5***** READER REVIEW 
'Funny, insightful, sharp, wicked, brilliant - Jane Fallon at her very best' MILLY JOHNSON 
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Georgia is lying to her best friend Lydia. 
 
Just a little white lie - a fake Twitter account to support Lydia's struggling business. No harm meant. But maybe this wasn't Georgia's best idea ever. 
 
Because Lydia wants to confide in her new (fake) Twitter friend. About Georgia and her husband Nick, who might be having an affair. 
 
Georgia wants out. Except what if it's true? She needs to trick Lydia into revealing all. 
But there's another possibility. Lydia could be lying right back . . . 
 
Has Georgia's worst idea ever turned out to be Lydia's best idea ever? 
________ 
 
'The queen of the revenge novel' HEAT 
 
'I loved Worst Idea Ever. Another Fallonesque treat, possibly my favourite so far. Full of heart, humour and humanity. Great characters and a riveting story from the start. She's so good at tapping into the best and the worst in us. Fabulous' RUTH JONES 
 
'Friendship, jealousy, deceit and so much more - I didn't want it to end' 5***** READER REVIEW 
 
'This witty page-turner could be her best yet' CLOSER 
 
'Takes us on a deep dive into the emotionally murky waters which exist between protagonists Lydia and Georgia . . . I adored it' DAILY MAIL 
 
'Incredibly funny and original . . . fabulous' ADELE PARKS, Platinum Magazine 
 
'An addictive page turner about friendship and revenge . . . I loved it' ALICE FEENEY 
 
'We love everything Jane Fallon writes' BELLA 
 
Praise for Jane Fallon: 
 
'She always delivers a fabaliss read' Marian Keyes 
 
'Hugely compelling and unpredictable' Ruth Jones 
 
'Barbed, twisty and full of deliciously dry wit' Sunday Mirror 
 
'Compelling, edgy, beautifully written' Daily Mail

Jane Fallon is the multi-award-winning television producer behind shows such as This Life, Teachers and 20 Things to Do Before You're 30. Her Sunday Times bestselling books - Getting Rid of Matthew, Got You Back, Foursome, The Ugly Sister, Skeletons, Strictly Between Us, My Sweet Revenge, Faking Friends, Tell Me a Secret, Queen Bee, Worst Idea Ever, Just Got Real and Over Sharing - have sold over a million copies in the UK.

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What’s a little white lie between best friends?

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I loved Worst Idea Ever. Another Fallonesque treat, possibly my favourite so far. Full of heart, humour and humanity. Great characters and a riveting story from the start. She's so good at tapping into the best and the worst in us. Fabulous

Worst Idea Ever is SO GOOD! I read it in one mad gulp

We adore Jane Fallon's novels, and this witty page-turner could be her best yet

Brilliant, gripping . . . Emotionally intelligent and beautifully written

We love everything Jane Fallon writes and this might be her best yet!

Fallon's trademark warmth and humour is very much to the fore with this tale of friendship gone badly wrong

Takes us on a deep dive into the emotionally murky waters which exist between protagonists Lydia and Georgia . . . I adored it

Ingenious. Her eye for detail, compressed emotion and the absurdity that lurks beneath what people say to each other, is unerring. Worst. Idea. Ever. strengthens her claim to be one of our very finest comic novelists

Funny, insightful, sharp, wicked, brilliant - Jane Fallon at her very best

Jane's talent lies in understanding human behaviour . . . Another winner. You won't regret it

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