Big Little Truths – Moriarty Liane (2026)

Liane Moriarty’s new novel and sequel to Big Little Lies returns to the mothers and best friends Madeline, Celeste and Jane a decade after the ill-fated quiz night at Pirriwee High, when a man died and accusations of murder filled the air. The aftermath still feels like yesterday, even though their children have grown into grouchy teenagers with too many hormones, while their exhausted mothers have too few. Madeline carefully plans her fiftieth birthday party, unaware that she is about to be upstaged. Jane is so busy congratulating herself on her happy marriage to Tom that she has failed to notice it is not happy at all. Celeste, haunted by memories of her dead husband, fears what her very much alive mother-in-law will do next. Then the school receives an anonymous package containing a severed human finger, following reports of a creepy man lurking around the students, and fingers begin pointing. Is it mischief, incrimination or even murder? Is it a lie masquerading as the truth, or a secret waiting to emerge? One thing is certain: the stakes keep rising, and the truth will always hurt someone.