Lost Lambs

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2026</b><br><br> EXTREMELY SMART, IMPOSSIBLY FUNNY, AND JUST PLAIN FUN TO READ <b>CARO CLAIRE BURKE, AUTHOR OF <i>YESTERYEAR</i></b><br><br> A VOICE LIKE NO OTHER <b>LENA DUNHAM </b><br><br><br><b>Think your family is dysfunctional? Meet the Flynns.</b><br><br><br>For the three Flynn daughters, it s been disastrous since their parents opened up their marriage. Abigail, the eldest, is dating an ex-soldier several years her senior nicknamed War Crimes Wes . Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist. And the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to a wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone or something is monitoring the town s citizens.<br><br>Casting a shadow across their lives is Paul Alabaster, a nefarious local billionaire. Rumours of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with Alabaster s machinations sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy one that may just, finally, bring them closer together.<br><br><b><u>The instant</u></b><u> <b><i>Sunday Times</i></b> <b>bestseller</b></u><br><br> THE MOST WILDLY ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE YEAR <b><i>HARPER S BAZAAR</i></b><br><br> THE DEBUT NOVEL FOR 2026 THAT HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN THE MOST SHOUTED ABOUT <b><i>THE SUNDAY TIMES STYLE</i></b><br><br> A DARKLY FUNNY FAMILY SAGA <b><i>BUSTLE</i></b><br><br> AN INSTANT CLASSIC <b><i>SHORTLIST</i></b><br><br><u>Readers love LOST LAMBS</u><br> What a ROMP! <br> The hype is real! <br> Hilarious, weird, original and addictive! <br> If Wes Anderson wrote <i>Little Women</i>. <br> I m shouting it from every rooftop: THIS IS THE BOOK OF THE YEAR! <br> Perhaps the funniest book I ve ever read. </p>