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Jan 14, 2026 7:06 AM

Author:Jo Carnegie

Party Games

This light-hearted but engrossing, irresistible novel is the perfect read for a holiday or a cosy night in! Brilliant for fans of Jilly Cooper, Catherine Alliott or Lucy Diamond.

'More essential than suncream in your beach bag this summer . . . Sexy, glamorous and fun' - HEAT

Readers love it:

'You just can't put down Carnegie books - a brilliant author.' -- ***** Reader review

'Packed with humour, twists and great characters, this book was my chosen holiday read!' -- ***** Reader review

'Well worth reading, the style and storyline are great and it makes you want to keep turning the pages - what more could you ask for in a book?' -- ***** Reader review

'Another Carnegie Corker!' -- ***** Reader review

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FOR THE PERFECT LIFE . . . YOU MAY HAVE TO BREAK SOME RULES

I'm Vanessa Powell.

People think they know me because I'm famous. They think I've got the world at my feet and the husband every woman wants to marry.

But fame can be a lonely place and the perfect marriage can be even lonelier. Now someone's come into my life who makes me feel alive.

For the first time ever, I'm thinking about what I really want.

No matter what the consequences.

Reviews

This smart and imaginative story is utterly thrilling

—— Closer

Poetic, page-turning prose

—— Telegraph

Splendid... A very good ghost story

—— Beryl Bainbridge , Evening Standard

Susan Hill's imagination is a force to be reckoned with

—— The Times

Done excellently, with professionalism and panache

—— Sunday Times

Beautifully written

—— Observer

Susan Hill is a wonderful writer... Mrs de Winter is magnificently atmospheric, with everything kept on the brink of the occult - revenants, haunted houses, gothic storms... Mrs de Winter doesn't only live up to Rebecca, in terms of strangeness and spooky lyricism Hill surpasses it

—— Roger Lewis , The Times

Tom Wolfe...remains The Dude when it comes to surveying the crazed, bracing absurdities of our national life… Back to Blood is marked by both Wolfe’s stylistic freneticim and his formidable reportorial gifts… Beginning his ninth decade, Tom Wolfe has brio to burn.

—— Douglas Kennedy , The Times

Mr Wolfe’s satirical aim at the debauchery and landscape of avarice and arrogance is gleefully accurate.

—— The Economist

[A] huge, very loud [new novel], MOSTLY IN CAPITALS, from Tom Wolfe, Back to Blood.

—— Justine Jordan , Guardian

He is, still, at his best in the thick of a crowd, a master of group dynamics, at once in breathless close-up and sudden wide-angle.

—— Tom Adams , Observer

For Christmas, I will give to dinner party conversationalists:... Tom Wolfe’s Back to Blood.

—— Fay Weldon , Daily Telegraph

What really drives all this is Wolfe’s extraordinary style.

—— Robert Murphy , Metro

As broad and panoramic as ever.

—— Craig Brown , Mail on Sunday

There are some dazzling satirical riffs and politically incorrect laughs.

—— Jake Kerridge , Sunday Express

Wolfe’s prose is as punchy as ever.

—— Time Out

Energetically set against the deco licentiousness of Florida’s steamiest party capital.

—— Vogue

Class, family, wealth and corruption are all themes in this examination of life in Miami.

—— Sunday Business Post

[Tells] us about the way we live now... enjoyable.

—— Wynn Wheldon , Spectator

Classic Wolfe. A delight

—— William Leith , Evening Standard

Epic, hectic, satirical… It’s scathing, funny, and has great set-piece scenes

—— Brandon Robshaw , Independent on Sunday

Contemporary Miami gets the Wolfe treatment in a grand, sweeping satire on race, class, lust and immigration

—— Sunday Telegraph

Wonderful

—— Robert Bound , Monocle

Parks is one of the best living writers of English, and this book is so good you don't want it to end

—— Nicholas Lezard , Guardian

If, like me, you relish Italy, railways and grumbling, this is the most transporting book

—— Christopher Hirst , Independent

A fun, informative and detailed journey

—— By the Dart
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