Nine Perfect Strangers

Nine Perfect Strangers
ISBN: 9781743534922
Publication Date: 18 September 2018

**Longlisted for the Abia General Fiction Book of the Year 2019
Longlisted for the Indie Book Award for Fiction 2019

From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies.**

The retreat at health and wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages.

Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired bodies and minds.

These nine perfect strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.

With her wit, compassion and uncanny understanding of human behaviour, Liane Moriarty explores the depth of connection that can be formed when people are thrown together in... unconventional circumstances.

Booktopian Review by Sarah McDuling

Like many people, my favourite Liane Moriarty book has always been Big Little Lies. A super popular bestseller even before it became a super popular TV show - Big Little Lies was the book responsible for propelling me into a feverish phase during which I devoured Moriarty's entire back catalogue.

Nine Perfect Strangers may well be my new favourite Liane Moriarty book, or at least tied for first place with Big Little Lies. I don't know. Trying to rank these books is mentally exhausting - but suffice to say it's a very close call.

With Nine Perfect Strangers, Moriarty has moved slightly away from the "domestic noir" genre. Sort of. This book thrums with suspense. It contains that same thrilling sense of mystery and discovery that I have come to associate with with this author - but at this same time it feels diffe...