Helen Monks Takhar

At first, Katherine dismisses her early-20s intern as a millennial ‘snowflake’: soft, entitled, moralistic. Yet as Lily’s youth and beauty increasingly remind Katherine of everything she once had, she starts to develop a dark fascination with her new colleague....

For Rose O’Connell, enrolling her seven-year-old son, Charlie, into the prestigious school across the road marks a bright new future for her family. The school is ruled by The Circle, an elite group of influential mothers with beauty and wealth. Every other mum would kill to join it....

April Eden is about to have the night of her life. The film she wrote and directed is up for a raft of major awards and her leading lady is on the cusp of a comeback. But when she messages April to say she can’t face the ceremony, April goes to her Hampstead mansion to persuade her...

At first Katherine dismisses her early-20s intern as a millennial ‘snowflake’: soft, entitled, moralistic. But Lily’s youth and beauty remind Katherine of everything she once was and she soon finds herself obsessively drawn to her new colleague....