Based on a True Story

An incredible true story of obsessive female friendship that grips until the very last mark on the very last page * Denise Mina, bestselling author of The Long Drop *
A story that keeps the reader guessing until – and beyond – the very end ... A story of memory and friendship, a cracking page-turner and a journey into what the essence of fiction, and indeed autobiography, might be. Excellent * Nicholas Searle, author of The Good Liar, shortlisted for the 2016 CWA New Blood Dagger *
In this captivating story of imprisonment … Delphine de Vigan intelligently questions the place of the writer in our society of imitation * Le Figaro *
This is an addictive read. Clever, compulsive and deft. De Vigan kept me guessing to the point where I even began to question the reality of the pages in my hand. Fantastic * Ann Morgan, author of Beside Myself *
A wonderful literary trompe l’ceil: a book about friendship, writing and the boundary between reality and fantasy ... Dark, smart, strange, compelling * Harriet Lane, bestselling author of Her *
An excellent novel: malign, Machiavellian, manipulative … This new book is a struggle to put down * Parisien *
A dizzying, psychoanalytical story within a story … Fascinating * Le Point *
Delphine de Vigan teases her readers’ desire for truth, and plays with the grey area between reality and fiction ... Highly convincing * Le Monde *
Enthralling, not only brilliant in its construction – chilling, worthy of the best thrillers – but also it has a rare finesse in its constant questioning of the act of writing * Page *
Delphine de Vigan is a sensation * Observer *