An evening with Elizabeth Day

We're incredibly excited to announce that best selling author, Elizabeth Day will be joining us to celebrate the publication of her latest novel, One of Us!

We'll be at West Kirby United Reformed Church (Meols Drive, CH48 5DA) on Wednesday 1st October, 7pm, when Elizabeth will be in conversation about the book, before answering questions from the audience and signing copies of One of Us.

Tickets are £8 standard admission or £24 including a copy of One of Us (rrp £18.99). Additional copies of One of Us and Elizabeth's other books will also be available for sale on the night.

Tickets are non-refundable and if you can't make the event and would like to reserve a signed/ dedicated copy of the book, do get in touch!

West Kirby United Reformed Church is a short walk from the bookshop, on the corner of Meols Drive. It is fully wheelchair accessible but if you have any further queries regarding accessibility please do get in touch - hello@thewestkirbybookshop.com - and we'll be very happy to help.

We're really looking forward to welcoming Elizabeth to West Kirby and hope you can join us!

About One of Us :

'I practically murdered this book in an evening I loved it so much. The Party is a terrifying, hilarious, brilliantly written original with a wit to die for.' --- Phoebe Waller- Bridge

'One of Us is intelligent, darkly humorous and brilliantly written. It is a story for our time.'
--- Stanley Tucci

'Funny, sharp, sophisticated, this is Elizabeth Day’s writing at its finest.’
--- Dolly Alderton

‘The thinking person’s thriller. Part Highsmith, part Waugh ... A superbly gripping plot with a gimlet-eyed interrogation of class, privilege and power in modern Britain.’
--- Lucy Foley

'A tantalising portrait of privilege and power.' --- The times

'A well-paced slow-burner of a literary thriller. Think Donna Tartt’s The Secret History or Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty. A gripping page-turner.' --- Observer

In the inner circle, where can you hide a secret?

Martin and Ben were friends for decades — best friends, Martin would have said — before the terrible events at Ben’s 40th birthday party tore them apart. So when Martin receives a surprise invitation back into the inner sanctum of the dazzling Fitzmaurice family after seven years of silence, he can’t resist the chance to get his revenge.

Ben has risen through the ranks of power, and is now touted as the next Prime Minister. But Martin can’t help but notice certain flies in the ointment… Ben’s wife, Serena, for instance, whose privileged existence is beginning to feel like a gilded cage. Or their daughter, Cosima, an environmental activist fighting against everything her parents once stood for. Or the disgraced MP Richard Take, determined to make his big comeback. And then there’s Fliss, the Fitzmaurice black sheep, whose untimely death sparks more suspicion than closure. Through their intertwined stories, we see a family – and a nation – unravelling under the weight of its secrets.

With everyone watching, the stage is set for a reckoning. It's time for Martin and Ben to confront what love truly means when everything—family, power, and loyalty—is on the line.

About Elizabeth Day:

Elizabeth Day is the award-winning author of five novels and four works of non-fiction, including her Sunday Times bestselling novel Magpie, hit memoir How to Fail and instant number 1 Sunday Times bestselling work of non-fiction Friendaholic. She is also the creator and host of the chart-topping podcast How To Fail With Elizabeth Day and founder of Daylight Productions, whose recent shows include How To Date and How To Write A Book, which has been nominated for Best Podcast at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.