Here One Moment

Uncover the electrifying novel from the bestselling author of Big Little Lies - a Richard and Judy Book Club pick

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Here One Moment

By: Liane Moriarty

Narrated by: Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill

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THE THRILLING NOVEL FROM THE WORLDWIDE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

On a plane bound for Sydney the unassuming woman from seat 4D walks down the aisle making unsettling predictions about the passengers.

And six strangers find their lives unexpectedly crossing.

Each tries to put the experience behind them. But, just weeks later, they can't any longer.

Because not believing a prediction is easy, Until it comes true . . .

'Liane Moriarty is a genuine GENIUS. Here One Moment is off the scale brilliant' Marian Keyes

'A master story teller . . . brilliant and satisfying' Bella Mackie

'You will devour this doorstop of a book' The Times, Book of the Month

Liane MoriartyCaroline LeeGeraldine HakewillPenguin

Best of 2024

Contemporary

Domestic Thrillers

Editors Select

Family Life

Genre Fiction

Literary Fiction

Thriller & Suspense

Women's Fiction

Women's Voices

Exciting

Heartfelt

Aviation

Best of 2024 Contemporary Domestic Thrillers Editors Select Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Women's Voices Exciting Heartfelt Aviation

Editorial Review

Liane Moriarty always keeps me guessing

Between character, setting and plot, I’m pretty much always a character person. And while the characters in Here One Moment are each fascinating and complex in their own right, I was blown away by Liane Moriarty’s plotting. The narrative is so intricately layered, each detail so carefully placed, that it left me awestruck. Our central character, Cherry, is on a flight when she stands up and proceeds to predict the age of death and cause of death for the passengers on-board. What unfolds from there is a riveting and chaotic meditation on free will versus fate as the passengers deal with the predictions in different ways once back in their real lives. It’s a compulsive listen, performed by Moriarty’s longtime collaborator Caroline Lee as Cherry and Geraldine Hakewell as the other passengers, and one I will be recommending for the rest of the year. — Katie O., Audible Editor

Critic reviews

Liane Moriarty is a genuine GENIUS. Here One Moment is off the scale brilliant. The book of her career, I wish I had written it. Warm, witty, wise and wry (Marian Keyes)

Whenever Liane Moriarty – the mastermind behind Apples Never Fall, Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers – has a new book out, we prepare for a two-day binge read. Here One Moment is no exception

A compulsive plotline, intriguing characters, great writing, surprises, humour and tragedy. It'll stay with me (John Boyne)

Liane Moriarty is a master story teller. I read it in one sitting, desperate to know what happened to these characters I’d so quickly come to care about. Brilliant and satisfying (Bella Mackie, Sunday Times bestselling author of How To Kill Your Family)

Simple and effective premise . . . short, sharp chapters ensure you devour this doorstop of a book

Prepare to be gripped by this stunning new novel from one of the best writers in the business. Absolutely brilliant

Brilliant, charming, and invigorating . . . a fresh, funny, ambitious, and nuanced take on some of our oldest existential questions.

A riveting story so wild you don’t know how she’ll land it, and then she does, on a dime (Anne Lamott, #1 New York Times bestselling author)

I adored Here One Moment. I genuinely could not put it down, and it's an absolute masterclass in storytelling. I treasure every word Liane writes, because she has such a rare and deep understanding of people and human behaviour. Whenever I reach the end of her books, not only have I been superbly entertained for four hundred pages, I also find I have learned so much more about myself, and to find those two qualities in one novel is very unusual. I am in awe of Liane's writing, she truly is a genius

Funny, frightening, heartbreaking and life-affirming. Here One Moment delves into the notion of fate and its freedoms and constraints, mortality, fear, friendship and love. I adored it (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End)

Most relevant

Boarding a plane, her fellow passengers have no idea they are about to be told their fate. The Death Lady, as she comes to be known, tells each person, including children, how they will die and at what age. As she walks trance-like through the plane, many passengers ask her to stop, while others are keen to know.
Each individual has knock-on consequences from her revelations, with some making life-changing decisions in the hope of 'cheating' death.

As several of her predictions become true, some passengers are keen to speak with her, hoping she can reassess her calculations. But she seems to have disappeared.

Moriarty has written a clever, twisty tale that will make you think twice.

After all, we have only been here once.

Well worth reading.

4.5/5