'Don't disbelieve the hype. THE BITCH GODDESS NOTEBOOK by Martha O'Connor is as good a debut as it's cracked up to be. It's edgy, smart and sexy, like its heroines' Tatler. X-rated, anti-chick lit novel - commercial, intelligent, tender and shocking. Terrific suspense maintained right until its heart-stopping, heart-breaking climax. 'Astonishing and truly remarkable ... tough, subtle, tense, authentic and very beautiful. If this isn't really Alice Sebold, Donna Tartt or Barbara Vine writing under a pseudonym, then Martha O'Connor is a huge new talent who is already about as good as it gets' Lee Child 'If you loved Heathers and The Craft, this is for you - it's dark, compelling and not for the faint-hearted' Heat. 'There's a buzz about this book that tells us it's going to be huge this summer. And as the title suggests, it's more bitch lit than chick lit ... The novel flits back and forth from schooldays to adulthood, where none of the girls remains in contact but all share a very dark secret. Believe us when we say you won't be able to rest until you find out what it is' Glamour.

"This debut is provocative, suspenseful and involving. Anti-chicklit at its finest." WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY, April 2006

Martha O'Connor is an internationally acclaimed poet. Before turning to writing full-time, she was by turns a shop assistant, waitress, latte-maker and eighth-grade teacher. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and children.