“Day brings a deeply satisfying satirical voice to the descriptions of her characters . . . Her depiction of the casual entitlement of Britain’s ruling class, and of the micro-snobberies that animate the stratified social structure, is deliciously spot-on.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“[A] shrewd novel of political ambition and personal retribution . . . an entertaining family saga of privilege and comeuppance, it is also a consummate novel of suspense in which revelations detonate with lethal accuracy.”
—Wall Street Journal
“Sharp, funny . . . Day skewers privilege with biting wit.”
—The Washington Post
“A story fit for The White Lotus . . . Through drama, mystery, and scenes of staggering wealth, Day develops a thrilling ride for her readers.”
—Alta Journal
“Elizabeth’s wit and her keen sense of observations about life’s moral complexities will absolutely delight.”
—Zibby Owens, Katie Couric Media
“Brilliantly plotted and acutely observed, One of Us is a smart political thriller wrapped inside a family drama that skewers privilege while treating its characters with insight and compassion.”
—Crime Fiction Review
“Funny, sharp, sophisticated, this is Elizabeth Day’s writing at its finest.”
—Dolly Alderton, New York Times bestselling author of Good Material
“One of Us is intelligent, darkly humorous, and brilliantly written. It is a story for our time.”
—Stanley Tucci
“The thinking person’s thriller. A Trojan horse of a book—part Highsmith, part Waugh—that hides within its superbly gripping plot a gimlet-eyed interrogation of class, privilege and power.”
—Lucy Foley
“A tantalizing portrait of privilege and power.”
—The Sunday Times
“This timely story about the abuse of power is one of those books you just want to inhale in one go.”
—Good Housekeeping
“As always, Day is sharply observant, clever and highly readable.”
—The Gloss
“Speaks truth to power in such an entertaining, gripping way.”
—Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favorite Mistake
“Gorgeously written, utterly compelling, and full of characters you will love and hate—and also love to hate.”
—Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton
“Clever and superbly-crafted … It’ll keep you turning the page until the very last sentence, I loved it and read it in one sitting.”
—Kate Mosse, author of Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries
“A razor-sharp take on class, identity, friendship and the political establishment with a side order of compassion and some unforgettable characters. Just glorious.”
—Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things
“One of the foremost writers of our time. A political thriller, anti-establishment revenge novel. Unputdownable and really cracking.”
—Fi Glover
“Sensational”
—Grazia
“[A] scorching drama of class, family, and politics . . . the result is a satisfying tale of revenge and redemption and the messy means to achieve them.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Day fills out her rich cast of characters with a disgraced politico, a sadistic hedge-fund manager, and an undercover police officer. Moving briskly from one point of view to another, she neatly alternates a mockingly satiric tone aimed at pretensions in class, politics, and media with a genuinely sympathetic one for characters caught in the narcissistic machinations of the privileged.”
—Booklist
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