Friends Like These

A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist

By: Sarah Alderson

Narrated by: Ellie Heydon, Jasmine Blackborow

A gripping thriller about fake friendships and the truth that lies behind the Facebook page, for fans of The Girlfriend and Friend Request.

We all know someone like Becca.

She has the job everyone wants, a designer wardrobe, a hot-shot lawyer boyfriend, holidays to exotic locations. And she flaunts her perfect life all over social media.

It drove her colleague Lizzie mad, but she couldn't stop looking. They were never really friends - and yet Lizzie knew everything about her.

Or did she?

When chance, and a terrible mistake, pulls Lizzie back into Becca's orbit years after they lost touch, she'll realise that you can't always believe what you see online... and that finding out the truth might be the worst thing you can do.

There's no such thing as a perfect life. Only a perfect lie.

(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2018 Sarah Alderson

Critic reviews

This is an exhilarating ride where nothing is what it seems... Good luck getting anything else done until you've turned the final page.

Fast-moving and beautifully told, it is hard to put down.

With FRIENDS LIKE THESE, Sarah Alderson has created a fascinating female monster. This cleverly plotted, well written book kept me engaged to the last page. (Rachel Abbott, author of Come A Little Closer)

The exploration of social media envy/fakery was incredibly dark but also caused me several winces of recognition. Compelling, timely, yet very original all at once. (Elodie Harper, author of The Death Knock)

Captivating writing with just the right amount of twists and turns to keep you on your toes... Absolutely loved it! (SJI Holliday, author of The Lingering)

Absolutely loved this... It's dark and satirical and uncomfortable reading for anyone on Instagram. (Claire McGowan, author of the Paula Maguire series)

A brilliant psychological read.

Good

Interesting, moves fairly fast. I wished for a different ending but its a nice change of pace i suppose.

Didn’t like the ending

I purchased this book because I liked one that was written by the same author. This book is pretty good, but isn’t fantastic. There are some things about the story that don’t seem plausible, and I didn’t really like how it all concluded. Maybe I’ll try to listen again and get something else out of it!

Brilliant! Loved It!

'Friends Like These' was a very good, exciting book with an excellent premise and quite a surprising ending. Our heroine is a busy body, chatty type who loves to gossip about everyone at work. She's energetic, tireless, and reminiscent of Bridget Jones in that British, too-hard-on-herself way. We go into the book completely irritated with her, but loving her nonetheless.

Then bad things start happening to her as a direct result of her meddling.

The story takes twists and turns and produces a finale that is truly remarkable in that it's original.

I thought this book was brilliant and I loved it!

5 stars

-Wendi

it was ok

This author has been one of my favorites but this book was not one of my favorites of hers.
I was cheering for a different ending and was very disappointed. I don't like it when evil triumphs.

Average

I was interested in the story and kept listening until the end but overall, I was not impressed. The characters are shallow and static, including the main ones. A good thriller needs to be clever to pull it off. This is not that. It’s very similar to her other novels in the sense that any twists come from flat out narrator lies. Pointless and lacks creativity