Such a Nice Girl
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Published:7th May '26
Should be back in stock very soon

Two best friends. One murder. The truth could unravel everything...
The gripping new thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of All Her Fault and No One Saw a Thing.
'Andrea Mara is fantastic!' Freida McFadden
'Impossible to put down.' Patricia Cornwell
'Andrea's best book yet.' Liz Nugent
Have you seen the girls?
The morning after a glamorous, luxury wedding, best friends Siobhan and Grace go to wake their twenty-four-year-old daughters. Opening the door to their shared room, they find a smashed lamp, an abandoned phone and blood on the carpet.
Over the next few days, the truth unravels, testing Siobhan and Grace's friendship to its limits. As secrets and lies begin to come to light, they realise that the girls were not best friends. In fact, they weren't really friends at all. And now, it looks like one of them is dead. And one of them is a killer.
But whose daughter is guilty of murder?
‘The thing is, we always believe the best of our own kids. What mother thinks her own daughter will do something terrible? But every bad deed is carried out by a person who was once someone’s child.’
Everyone is talking about Such a Nice Girl:
'Wow, this blew me away!' Claire Douglas
'An all-round stunning thriller from the queen of the tangled web.' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal
'A masterclass in twists and turns.' John Marrs, bestselling author of You Killed Me First
'Andrea Mara is one of a kind.' Jack Jordan, bestselling author of Do No Harm
'Fast-paced, compelling, twisty and utterly absorbing... Andrea Mara is a genius storyteller.' Jane Casey, bestselling author of The Secret Room
'Twisty and so full of secrets that you’ll be dying to discover the truth! Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
‘So many twists in this book I didn’t see coming’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Had me guessing to the end’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Andrea Mara never disappoints!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Gripping, tense and fabulously plotted.’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Had to pick my jaw up off the floor after...
It’s all ominous chapter endings and artful dialogue that pours across the page like good prosecco. * The Times *
Impossible to put down – a fast paced thriller with twists and turns around every corner. * Patricia Cornwell *
'I honestly inhaled this,couldn’t wait to get back to it. I think it’s Andrea’s best book yet. The twists just kept coming. An unguessable and most thrilling thriller in the plushest surroundings of south county Dublin. I bloody loved it.' * Liz Nugent *
Riveting…twisty and so full of secrets that you’ll be dying to discover the truth! * Shari Lapena *
'Warning: Don’t start Such a Nice Girl if you have anything urgent to do… This dark mystery about two mothers and two daughters is pitch perfect, with great characters, a deviously twisting plot and a pace that breaks the speed limit. An all-round stunning thriller from the queen of the tangled web. Such a fabulous read!' * Janice Hallett *
Buckle up, you're in for one hell of a ride with this fiendishly clever, insidiously sinister novel that had me in its grip from page one. Mara is the undisputed queen of the psychological thriller and the queen of the plot twist. Her books should come with a warning - Reader Beware: Once you start, you won't be able to stop. The twists, turns and blindsides are superb. It's got everything. Sit back and enjoy - you are in the hands of a master. * Edel Coffey *
Mara's handling of the relationship of the mothers under pressure is gripping, as is the central mystery - which girl will turn out to be either a victim , or guilty. * Daily Mail *
What a fantastic novel. A masterclass in twists and turns. It’ll leave your head spinning. Mara remains at the top of her game and I’m here for it. * John Marrs *
Andrea Mara is one of a kind, writing with a vice-like grip and plots perfectly designed to speak to our deepest, darkest fears and get under our skin. Clear your calendar: once you start reading Such a Nice Girl, you won't be able to stop. * Jack Jordan *
'I absolutely loved every second of reading this - a complete pleasure from start to finish. Andrea Mara is a genius storyteller. In Such a Nice Girl she puts you right at the heart of a catastrophic situation and turns up the tension until you feel as invested as if the characters' problems were your own. Fast-paced, compelling, twisty and utterly absorbing, this novel will delight her legions of fans.' * Jane Casey *
Wow this blew me away! Such A Nice Girl gripped me from the very first page right up to the thrilling, heart-pounding denouement. What a brilliant twist! Totally unpredictable with a genius hook, this is my favourite of hers yet. I’m a huge fan. * Claire Douglas *
Her darkest thriller yet. * Irish Sunday Times *
Another winner from the queen of cliffhangers. With it's short, snappy chapters, beguiling mystery and cast of fascinating characters, Such A Nice Girl is a thrill ride of a read that kept me guessing. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Andrea Mara goes from strength to strength. * CL Taylor *
Such a Nice Girl is a masterful delve into human connections, friendship and familial, while delivering an unputdownable, intricately plotted, edge of your seat, twisty thriller. Gripping and oh so satisfying. * Mary Watson *
Mothers. Daughters. Killers. Victims. The combinations are deadly in Andrea Mara's clever, clever new thriller, a novel that pits its characters against one another with real invention, real force. It's genuinely involving, too, as an exploration of friendship and parenthood. This is a good one. * A. J. Finn *
ISBN: 9780857505897
Dimensions: 242mm x 165mm x 35mm
Weight: 584g
384 pages