Wahala. The hottest debut of 2022, Hardback/Nikki May

Sensational debut novel from a bright new voice- a mixed race "Sex and the City" with a killer edge for fans of EXPECTATION, QUEENIE and MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER. Soon to be a major BBC TV adaptation. Ronke, Simi and Boo are inseparable mixed-race friends living in London. They have the gift of two cultures, Nigerian and English, though not all of them choose to see it that way. Everyday racism has never held them back, but now in their thirties, they question their future. Ronke wants a husband (he must be Nigerian); Boo enjoys (correction- endures) stay-at-home motherhood; while Simi, full of fashion career dreams, rolls her eyes as her boss refers to her urban vibe yet again. When Isobel, a lethally glamorous friend from their past arrives in town, she is determined to fix their futures for them. Cracks in their friendship begin to appear, and it is soon obvious Isobel is not sorting but wrecking. When she is driven to a terrible act, the women are forced to reckon with a crime in their past that may just have repeated itself. A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on love, race and family, Wahala will have you laughing, crying and gasping in horror. Boldly political about class, colorism and clothes, here is a truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has ever cherished friendship, in all its forms. " This has bestseller written all over it. Fast-paced, funny, shocking, unputdownable. I loved it." ( PAULA HAWKINS ) " I just raced through Wahala. Nikki May writes so well about friendship, food, fashion and the many ways modern women can stumble in their careers and personal lives." ( CLARE CHAMBERS, author of Small ) Pleasures