‘Spectacularly worth reading’ The TimesLonglisted for the Orange Prize A fast-paced literary thriller in which ex-belly dancer Evangeline’s fight to protect three-year-old Lily draws her into the seedy underworld of her past – the first book in Louisa Young’s celebrated Angeline Gower trilogy.

‘Funny, sexy and tender’ Esther Freud ‘Brilliant, unique – an exceptional first novel’ Guardian ‘Wry and entertaining’ Observer ‘Intelligent, funny and tough, Evangeline even manages to pull off the remarkable feat of making all those Victorian virtues that one acquires in the course of single parenthood – patience, endurance, self-denial – sound positively sexy’ The Times ‘Blends a promiscuous mix of single motherhood, belly dancing, psychotic boyfriends and motorbikes into a stylishly literate thriller’ Marie Claire ‘You will keep coming back to this book when you should be doing something else’ Louis de Bernieres ‘Exciting, compelling and tense’ Time Out ‘Funny and scary…with a memorable David Lynch-style take on Shepherd’s Bush. In writing honestly and unsentimentally, Young celebrates the unequivocal nature of parental love with verve and style’ Mail on Sunday

• From the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed MY DEAR I WANTED TO TELL YOU comes a completely gorgeous set of tales alive with wit and heart all centred around the kind of heroine you want to emulate immediately. • Set across London and Egypt this is fiction at its very best and not necessarily Louisa as you know her – discover Angeline Gower and you are in for a treat. • Bringing fantastic new series style to all three in the trilogy. • Louisa has a huge fan base and MY DEAR has sold over 120,000 copies through the TCM. • MY DEAR was Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2011; winner of Audiobook of the Year at the Galaxy Book Awards 2011; a Richard and Judy pick, January 2012 and was shortlisted for the Wellcome Prize. Competition: Janet Evanovich;Kate Atkinson; Allison Pearson;