# The Au Pair - Hardcover

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by **Teddy Wayne** (Author)

**A _NEW YORK TIMES_ NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT and NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READING THIS SUMMER**

"Is anything more dangerous than a fragile male ego?" - _The New York Times_

**"Nervewrackingly fun."--Vogue, Best Books of the Year So Far**

A _Boston Globe_, _Seattle Times_, _Town & Country_, _New York Post_, _Chicago Tribune_, _Lit Hub,_ _Men's Journal_, and Zibby Books most-anticipated/summer books pick

**Award-winning author Teddy Wayne follows his breakout sensation _The Winner_\--a _New York Times_ Top Ten Thriller of the Year--with another seductively twisty page-turner about the explosive impact of a beautiful Norwegian au pair on a celebrated novelist and his wife.**

Steven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to a high-powered woman is crumbling, and the only bright spot in his life is Astrid, the Norwegian au pair who cares for their children--and reveres his neglected novels. But what begins as a secret infatuation soon spirals into a scandal that makes them both infamous.

As a headline-grabbing trial captivates the world with a salacious story of sex, power, and betrayal, Steven must confront the wreckage he's created--and the deeper insecurities that fueled it. Is Astrid an innocent young woman caught up in a case beyond her control, or a calculating femme fatale? And how far will he go, driven by desperation and obsession, for her professed love?

With inexorable momentum and sly, lucid prose, Teddy Wayne's _The Au Pair_ is a sleek literary thriller about desire, deception, and the unraveling of a man as he grapples with his fading relevance--when the lies others spin pale beside the fictions we tell ourselves.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 IN

**Publication Date:** June 30, 2026

## Details

- **Price:** 37.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Dark Humor, Fiction, Humorous, Literary, Price Written on Book, Psychological, Thrillers

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
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| Default Title | 37.00 GBP | In stock |

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