Ruth and Muriel have been best friends since childhood, but when Muriel announces she is going to die in seventy-two hours, their friendship is put to the test. A darkly comic novel about love, hate, and the fine line between the two.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 16 January 2025
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Outrageously readable

Daily Mail

Beautifully written, dark, twisted and often funny

- Charlotte Levin

Dark and twisted, comic and toxic. I loved it!

- Jenny Colgan

A witty exploration of humanity

- People's Friend

Ruth and Muriel are best friends. And often, worst enemies.

Inseparable since they were little, Ruth and Muriel have shared everything.

Now, fate has left them living together in a North London home, with Ruth caring for Muriel in her deteriorating health, playing Scrabble, arguing and making up, passing the days in monotony.

Until one afternoon, when Muriel makes an unexpected and sinister announcement:

In exactly seventy-two hours, I am going to die.

The end might be in sight for Muriel, but that's just the beginning of this story about two old friends who have seventy-six years of history – and more than one shocking secret – between them . . .

A darkly comic novel about two old friends, a lifelong (toxic) friendship, and the very fine line between love and hate. Perfect for fans of Joanna Cannon, Charlotte Levin and Jennie Godfrey.

Weight: 224g
Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035028474