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Like a House on Fire

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'Joyously wicked... I loved it' RUTH JONES
'Warm, witty & brilliantly realised' DAILY MAIL
'Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie' JOSIE SILVER



ALL STELLA AND GEORGE HAVE TO DO IS...


Hide their breakup
After a series of blazing rows about everything from Jurassic Park to installing car seats for their (hypothetical) children, Stella and George are getting divorced.

Catch a murderer*
But first, Stella's mum is throwing a murder mystery party - and with her dad losing his job and her mum's recent diagnosis, now is hardly the time to tell everyone.

Make it through one last family party
Stella and George just have to get through the day without their breakup being discovered - though it will soon turn out that keeping secrets runs in the family...

*pretend murderer

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Praise for LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE:


'When it comes to personal relationships, Caroline Hulse dares to show us what we humans are really like. Her sparkling dialogue, astute observations and gloriously irreverent humour make Like A House On Fire a joyously wicked read that will cheer you up no end. A genuine tonic. So clever, so funny and so refreshingly different. I loved it' RUTH JONES

'Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie, Like A House On Fire is everything I love in a book' JOSIE SILVER

'Painfully astute and brilliantly funny' BETH O'LEARY

'A deliciously dark comedy of manners' DAILY EXPRESS

'Acutely observed... Very Nina Stibbe' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'Funny and sad and relatable and deeply human' HARRIET TYCE

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781409178361
Publication date: 30th September 2021
Author: Caroline Hulse
Publisher: Orion Books an imprint of Orion
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 402 pages
Genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice and issues
Separation and divorce: advice and issues
Satirical fiction and parodies
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Comic (humorous) crime and mystery
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Family Drama
Humorous Fiction
Humour