Smart, incisive and laugh-out-loud funny, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY is the brilliant debut novel by award-winning journalist Poorna Bell. For fans of Dolly Alderton and Dawn O'Porter.
In Case of Emergency tells the story of Beryl 'Bel' Kumar, a woman who has a near-death experience at work and is mortified to find that her boss has notified an ex-boyfriend from years ago, still listed in HR's records as her next of kin.
This reunion leaves Bel questioning everything. She is happy and successful with lots of friends and a flat in London. How can a woman who has it all find that she has no one to turn to in an emergency?
Now Bel is determined revisit and repair her most important relationships in order to figure out who in her life she can really depend on.