Don't make it worse. Don't make a scene. Don't say it out loud.
Best friends Nilofer and Imogen live in the same close London world: thriving careers, comfortable homes, children at the same good schools. They can tell each other everything - until suddenly they can't. Then Imogen is murdered.
A man is arrested and the case seems closed, but Nilofer can't shake the sense that something is off. As her need to understand what happened to her friend begins to consume her, she realises that saying the truth aloud could shatter everyone's lives all over again.
The Unspeakable Truth is a propulsive novel from a master storyteller about truth and lies, family and friendship, class and identity, as well as a profound examination of what happens when we challenge the stories everyone around us wants to believe.
Praise for LOVE MARRIAGE:
'Absolutely terrific' JENNY COLGAN
'An utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love' STYLIST
'Gloriously readable, acute, funny and sympathetic' DAILY MAIL
'A glorious tapestry of modern British family life' METRO
'A joy' NAOISE DOLAN
'I defy you to put this book down' ADAM KAY
'A surefire hit' OBSERVER
'Wildly entertaining . . . a bold and generous book' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Big-hearted, wry and tender' HARPER'S BAZAAR
'As engrossing and enjoyable as Brick Lane' SUNDAY TIMES
'Rich, sensitive and gloriously entertaining' TASH AW, TLS
Monica Ali is a bestselling writer whose work has been translated into 26 languages. She is the author of five books: Brick Lane, Alentejo Blue, In the Kitchen, Untold Story and Love Marriage. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, in 2003 she was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. She has been nominated for, amongst others, the Booker Prize, the George Orwell Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and in the U.S. has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in London.
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