The Best Friend

The most complex of bonds is explored in this startlingly original and finely drawn portrait of female friendship, with all its uplifting and destructive intensity * Ellery Lloyd *An absolute jewel of a book which puts seven decades of complicated female friendship under the microscope - and reveals dark truths. It’s a masterclass in things unsaid, in both form and content. * Erin Kelly *Straight-from-life characters and knife-sharp insight into the ties that bind us. The best book on female friendship I have ever read * Celia Walden *An absorbing tale of the intricate tangle of friendship, both dark and human * Alexandra Shulman *Searing domestic noir. Fellowes paints an unflinching portrait of female friendship that should appeal to fans of Julie Mayhew and Leïla Slimani * Publishers Weekly *

Jessica Fellowes is an author, journalist and public speaker. Her bestselling The Mitford Murders series has been nominated for awards in Britain, France, Germany and Italy, and sold into eighteen territories. Jessica is also the author of five official companion books to Downton Abbey, various of which hit the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller lists. She has written short stories for Vogue Italia and L’Uomo Vogue, and made numerous appearances on radio, podcasts and television. She lives in Oxfordshire with her family.