Hot Desk

Author: Laura Dickerman

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 3 September 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 368 pages
128 x 197 x 25 | 258g

'Hilarious, heartbreaking, satirical, cutting and FUN' Laura Jane Williams'For anyone who loves Curtis Sittenfeld, Nora Ephron, Alison Espach' Joanna Rackoff'Super smart and assured . . . Fans of Tom Lake and The Flatshare will love it'Sarra Manning'Rollicking and entertaining' People Magazine'Captures all the thrills and aches of setting out in the world' Morgan Dick1982When wide-eyed Jane Kinloch arrives at the East River Review in New York, she strikes up a friendship with her fellow intern, the glamorous Rose. But Rose's attraction to their married boss, literary titan Edward David Adams, threatens to drive a wedge between them.

2022When hot-desking is introduced at her office, Rebecca Blume of Avenue Publishing is furious about having to share her workspace with Ben Heath - an editor at rival imprint Hawk Mills.

What starts as a battle of passive-aggressive Post-It notes escalates after the death of renowned writer Edward David Adams. He has left behind an unfinished novel - and Ben and Rebecca are in competition to publish it.

That is until Rebecca discovers that the manuscript contains a decades-old secret about her mother, Jane.

Rebecca is determined to stop it from seeing the light of day. But can she persuade Ben to let it go?