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'The queen of the one-sit read' Linwood Barclay
'Shari Lapena is one of the best thriller writers in the business' Steve Cavanagh
'I tore through it. It kept me on my toes throughout and the ending was just fantastic. Really tense!' Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
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This one had my head spinning right round, baby! Happy marriage, babies, a nice home—what more could a young wife ask for?
How about someone she can trust, for starters, and how ’bout her husband’s ex-lover quits coming around all the time, tattling tales of his murky past? It reminded me of an old friend of mine who fell in love with a guy she’d met through an online dating site. He claimed he was long divorced, but—whoops—was actually still married, and living with his estranged wife in separate parts of their house.
You can probably guess how…
From Regina's list on love triangles that turn deadly.
Stephanie is the mother of twin babies. Fighting a fog of sleep deprivation, she’s unnerved to find the front door open and a fire in her kitchen. Has her mind drifted so far south that she has unwittingly put her precious girls at risk? Then her husband’s old flame accuses him of murdering his first wife. The price of silence is a slice of Stephanie’s large inheritance. Stephanie has to make a choice: who to believe, and who to protect.
Shari Lapena is one of my go-to writers for a gripping read with believable characters. With this tense, twisting psychological…
From A.A.'s list on psychological thrillers where women become strong.
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