One party. One pill. Mothers don't get second chances.

Natalie knows her life looks perfect from the outside: Three young children, a loving husband, the tastefully renovated Eastern Suburbs cottage. So why does she feel so suffocated?

On her 36th birthday, all Natalie wants is to gather her two best friends and leave their responsibilities behind just for one night. But when the party's over, she finds eighteen-month-old Toby clutching an unmistakable colourful tablet - with a quarter missing.

What kind of mother could let this happen?

As Toby recovers and returns home, the fallout really behins. Because each of these women has their own truth about that night - and when it all comes to light, will any of their friendships survive?

When the Party's Over is the page-turning debut novel by Katie Hoskins, for readers of Liane Moriarty, Holly Wainwright and The Slap.

'A slick and polished debut that kept me hooked from one tension-laden chapter to the next' ALI LOWE

'Pacy and addictive . . . Katie Hoskins is a sparkling new voice in Australian fiction' SUZANNE DO

'Thought-provoking, emotional and highly relatable, it reminds us how easily lives can be shattered' ALLIE REYNOLDS

'Brilliant contemporary fiction - smart, nuanced and addictive. I inhaled it!' KYLIE LADD

'My heart was in my mouth as I raced to the end' EMMA BABBINGTON

'Will keep you guessing until the final pages' CASSIE HAMER