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Book Synopsis'Brilliant twisty dark farce' ERIN KELLY
'A nail bitingly tense and original book' SHARON BOLTON
'Compulsive, horrifying and irresistibly funny' VAL MCDERMID
Shortly after Christmas, a message arrives at Sophie's house, scrawled across her own round robin newsletter: HE'S GOING TO LEAVE YOU. LET'S SEE HOW SMUG YOU ARE THEN, YOU STUPID BITCH. Perhaps she should ignore it, but she ignored the last one. And the one before that. Now it's time to take action.
But when a simple plan to identify and confront the other woman goes drastically and violently wrong, Sophie must go to extreme lengths to keep her life and her family together - while never letting on her devastating secret.
Trade ReviewWilson's
sharp wit shines brightly in this
original,
ingenious and
blackly funny take on the psychological novel -- Alex Marwood
Laura Wilson is
an incredibly gifted writer who can portray an entire lifetime in a single paragraph. This is a
nail bitingly tense and original book -- Sharon Bolton
A lesson in
brilliant pacing.
Just when the reader thinks there can be no further twist to the story, Laura Wilson provides one . . . A
delightful read * The Times *
Dark thriller leavened
with a wicked streak of humour -- Fanny Blake * Woman & Home *
Deliciously dark, at times grisly, and always
darkly comic thriller
* Sunday Mirror *
I had a knot in my stomach from the suspense. It's a
stand-out domestic noir, slickly written and perfectly paced -- Jo Spain
With twists and turns and
a brilliant ending, it's
a clever, tense thriller - fans of Barbara Vine's novels will immerse themselves in this
gripping story * Candis *
A
witty tale * Good Housekeeping *
Brilliantly plotted, fast paced and
utterly gripping ...
a completely fresh approach to domestic noir -- Kate McQuaile
A brilliant rollercoaster read that
subverts 'domestic noir' to create a dark and touching comedy -- Isabelle Grey
A thrilling Must Read from Laura Wilson. Murderous chaos set amongst privileged domesticity.
Wry, dark and brilliantly observed -- Hilary Boyd
Everything that makes for
gripping drama. Solid characterisation, emotional depth,
a claustrophobic feeling of impending maleficence . . . and
a cracking good mystery at its dark heart . . . my
best book of 2015 by a mile * Crimesquad *
Wilson shakes and stirs the ingredients into a
beautifully written, gripping and
haunting mystery novel -- Jessica Mann * Literary Review *
Perfectly in tune with current tastes -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *
One of our most
original and sensitive crime writers -- Jake Kerridge * Daily Express *
Wilson has always been
an acute observer of dysfunctional families, and she
writes extremely well -- N. J. Cooper * Book Oxygen *
A slow-burn story with
brilliant characters built up layer by layer and
a plot that comes ingeniously together. A
great read * The Bookbag *
A really
beautifully written and atmospheric family drama-cum-psychological thriller here from Laura Wilson - a
highly addictive and often haunting read that is
utterly gripping * Liz Loves Books *
