The US paperback edition of The It Girl, the “fiendishly twisty” (Elly Griffiths) mystery thriller by New York Times-bestselling author Ruth Ware, is out now.

One of The Globe 100: Best Books of 2022, and described by Lucy Foley as her “favourite Ruth Ware yet”, The It Girl follows a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.

April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.

Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during their first term. By the end of the second, April was dead.

Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realises that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide… including a murder.

The It Girl is out now in paperback. Buy your US copy here and pre-order your UK copy here.

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