Harriet Walker is the fashion editor of The Times. She read English at Trinity College, Cambridge and has been a broadsheet journalist for more than a decade. She lives in South London with her husband and children.
Taut, stylish, utterly gripping . . . satisfied all my thriller
cravings and my love of fashion world gossip
*Lucy Foley*
Keenly observed and brimming with tension, The New Girl is a
must-read
*Clare Mackintosh*
Her blistering first novel . . . a disturbing psychological
thriller . . . Walker's inside knowledge of the fashion world will
fascinate civilians, while her superbly paced plot keeps you up all
night, compulsively turning pages
*The Times*
A Devil Wears Prada-meets-Gone Girl mash-up, this is a deliciously
heady concoction of fashion and fear, best gobbled down whole, over
one lockdown weekend
*Pandora Sykes*
I was so absorbed by The New Girl. In this suspenseful debut,
Harriet Walker applies the finest of brushes to those shades of
grey between friendship and rivalry - not so much domestic noir as
domestic gris. I recommend
*Louise Candlish*
I have not been as gripped and stunned by a story since reading
Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. I could not put it down. This is a
masterpiece
*Emma Gannon*
Female friendship, fashion and intense rivalry makes for an
unsettling and unputdownable debut novel
*Grazia*
A harsh look at the deep insecurities of women in an intriguing
debut from The Times fashion editor
*Woman & Home*
Single White Female meets The Devil Wears Prada, this is an
ingenious thriller that I couldn't put down. A beautifully written,
tense and chilling story of toxic friendships, insecurities and
guilt. This deserves to be huge
*Claire Douglas*
A taut psychological thriller, and a chilling and intricate
examination of the complexities of female friendships and
rivalries
*Charlotte Philby*
A sleek and stylish thriller
*Red*
i devoured it. I could never predict the ending, which takes
immense skill. This book is going to be a huge hit
*Bella Mackie*
New wave of postnatal punk
*The Sunday Times*
Harriet Walker's The New Girl, set against a backdrop of magazines,
explores female friendships while ramping up the tension and is
ideal for lazing in the sun with
*Stylist*
Movingly portrays the fragility of friendship and the corrosive
effect of mistrust and recriminations in a wickedly funny
psychological thriller that's in turn brutal and tender
*Publishers Weekly*
A tense, sophisticated exploration of female friendships fraught
with insecurities set in the ruthless world of fashion magazines.
Gripping and thrillingly unsettling, it kept me reading through the
night
*Ruth Hogan*
A magnificent rollercoaster of a book
*Celia Anderson, author of 59 Memory Lane*
This gripping tale of friendship and motherhood is the perfect
summer read
*MSN*
A taut and tense debut . . . with a plot that is both pacy and rich
with tension and a cast of unreliable and flawed characters. The
New Girl is suspenseful and stylish writing at its very best.
*The Literary Edit*
Wonderfully drawn . . . Reveals something deep and real about the
isolation of new motherhood. There were moments when I held my
breath in this twisty tale, and moments when I caught my breath in
sharp recognition.
*Georgina Clarke, author of Death and the Harlot*
As smart and stylish as a fashion week catwalk show, this gripping
debut kept me hooked late into the night!
*Annie Lyons*
Wonderfully twisty and richly psychological - a compelling read
*Leaf Arbuthnot*
A compulsive and gripping story that delves into the female psyche
and explores how despite appearing to have everything we can be our
own worst enemies. With a twisty plot and deftly drawn characters
this was a compelling and all-consuming lockdown read
*Hannah Persaud, author of The Codes of Love*
Ideal for lazing in the sun with
*Stylist*
Offers a pacey account of modern paranoias . . . a cleverly
observed study of the pressure on women to identify as
professionals or parents
*The Sunday Times*
A proper page turner
*The Mail on Sunday’s YOU Magazine*
A smart page-turner [which] tackles female rivalry
*i Newspaper*
The New Girl does what the very best psychological thrillers do:
takes a scenario that many of us know well and twists it so that it
becomes utterly terrifying. Choosing a maternity leave rivalry as a
plot device was a masterful stroke and it's executed perfectly; the
writing is beautiful and the storyline constantly refuses to head
where you think it is going. I flew through this book in a few days
(or should that be nights that were later than they were meant to
be, as I read 'just one more chapter')
*Caroline Corcoran*
This stylish psychological thriller brilliantly portrays female
friendships and rivalries, new parenthood and the glamorous world
of fashion . . . this is essential reading for anyone fascinated by
fashion shoots, page layouts, catwalk shows and high-end
designers
*Independent*
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