It was supposed to be a celebration How did it all go so wrong? An explosive family drama perfect for fans of Big Little Lies 'A tense & riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong & the fallout within a family & a group of friends' Megan Miranda author of All the Missing Girls Sweet sixteen It's a coming of age a milestone a rite of passage Of course Jeff & Kim Sanders will throw a party for their daughter Hannah She's a good kid with good grades & nice friends & it isn't going to be a big indulgent affair Just four girls coming over for pizza & cake movies & a sleepover What could possibly go wrong? But things do go wrong horrifically wrong After a tragic accident Jeff & Kim's flawless life in a wealthy San Francisco suburb begins to unravel The injured girl's mother Lisa files a lawsuit that turns friends into enemies reveals dark secrets in the Sanders' marriage & exposes the truth about their perfect daughter Hannah Lisa's determination to make the Sanders pay stems from a fierce love for her only child & Lisa's own dark & damaged past In The Party Christos Tsiolkas's The Slap meets Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies taking us behind the facade of the perfect family exploring the secrets betrayals & moral lapses the neighbors don't see The Party uncovers the lies & duplicities that children & parents tell each other & tell themselves 'A compulsive page-turner that mines the push-pull between basic impulses & doing the right thing' The Party is a domestic drama that spins off the rails with hellish consequences' Erica Ferencik author of The River at Night 'A tense & riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong & the fallout within a family & a group of friends Secrets desires choice & consequence The Party reveals that what lies inside a family-and each person-is not always as it seems I was hooked from the opening scene & could not look away until I reached the very last page' Megan Miranda New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls ' Cleverly constructed & brilliantly paced The Party is a raw telling of a family coming apart at the seams Robyn Harding weaves a riveting tale that is impossible to put down' Bill Clegg New York Times bestselling author of Did You Ever Have a Family