Full of heart and humour, Molly Flatt's The Charmed Life of Alex Moore is one woman's adventure – with a most unexpected twist
How would you feel if everything in your life suddenly started to go . . . right?
Six months ago, Alex Moore was stuck in a dead-end job, failing to unleash one grand plan after another. Then, seemingly overnight, she launched her dream start-up and became one of London's fastest rising tech stars. At thirty, her life has just begun. But Alex’s transformation isn’t easy for those around her. Her friends are struggling to accept her sudden success, her parents are worried that she’s running on empty and her fiancé is getting cold feet.
Then weird things start to happen. Muggings, stalkers and even a claim that she murdered a stranger. But when Alex visits the Orkney Islands to recharge, weird turns into WTF. Because there she discovers the world’s oldest secret – and it’s a secret that Alex’s stratospheric rise has royally messed up.
'I was hooked after the first paragraph' Minnie Driver
'A fabulous tale for the fabulist in all of us. Black Mirror for Generation Me' Philip Jones, Editor of The Bookseller
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509854530
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 333 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 28 mm
I was hooked after the first paragraph - Minnie Driver
A highly original novel with a protagonist you’ll root for - Stylist
A fabulous tale for the fabulist in all of us. Black Mirror for Generation Me - Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller
What an impressive, enrapturing novel. Do yourself a favour. Read this book. I promise you it’s not what you expect, and in the best way possible - Danny Fortson, Sunday Times
This is the kind of of-the-moment page-turning roller-coaster rides that can easily cost you a night's sleep. Molly Flatt has an important new voice, and she's destined for the bestseller lists - get in early so you can tell people you discovered her at the start - Seth Godin
Deeply delicious: a solid, fascinating mystery that plays out slowly and satisfyingly - SFX
The Charmed Life of Alex Moore – Molly’s first foray into fiction – brilliant fuses the worlds of books and tech. Add a little sprinkle of magic, and you’ve got an absolute page-turner - Reading in Heels
A book packed with brains, heart and courage - Tom Hunter, director of the Arthur C. Clarke Award
Funny, thoughtful and mysterious… a very smart book - FutureCrunch
This is a story for the digital age, but it is also a story with some poignant insights which will never become obsolete... Flatt clearly has talent and is one to watch as I would be intrigued to see what she might do next - Bibliomaniac
I started reading @mollyflatt’s book #TheCharmedLifeOfAlexMoore Friday afternoon and I finished it at 1am this morning because when I wasn’t working or sleeping I LITERALLY COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. It is spectacularly brilliant - Natasha Devon, author of A Beginner’s Guide to Being Mental, an A-Z
Engaging and fast paced with enough to keep me reading all 450 or so pages in a relatively quick timescale; ‘The Charmed Life of Alex Moore’ is not something I would’ve picked up for myself normally. About a third of... More
A really odd but enjoyable story, my only real problem was that there wasn't any hint of unusual in the synopsis or on the jacket. This is not your typical story, almost immediately you can feel that something... More
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