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A timely, gripping and morally complex thriller'MAIL ON SUNDAYTwo women are found dead.Both had a secret.Both had a choice.Artemis leaves her home in Greece to start a shiny new life with her wealthy husband, Clive Witherall, in 1990s London. Finally she has escaped the ghosts of her past. Until she is discovered hanging from the stairs of their beautiful family home.Two decades later, the apparent suicide of heiress Anna Witherall uncannily mirrors Artemis' mysterious death.What is the web of deceit that binds these two women? And what deadly secrets were they hiding?Philby is a skilled and evocative writer'FINANCIAL TIMESSeriously stylish' LUCY FOLEYI'm addicted to the deadly glamour of Charlotte Philby's novels' ERIN KELLYGripping' CRIME MONTHLYA page-turning thriller Philby has created a new sort of spy novel approaching this world of skulduggery and intrigue from an entirely unique perspective. This is a clever, gripping, unsettling and thoroughly entertaining read' HOLLY WATTHe

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‘I’m addicted to the deadly glamour of Charlotte Philby’s novels’ ERIN KELLY

‘A timely, gripping and morally complex thriller’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Each of Charlotte Philby’s novels bring a thought-provoking new angle to her characters – with old favourites and new intrigues emerging. The Second Woman is a page-turning thriller, but again, Philby has created a new sort of spy novel – approaching this world of skulduggery and intrigue from an entirely unique perspective. This is a clever, gripping, unsettling and thoroughly entertaining read’ HOLLY WATT

‘Following on from Part of the Family and A Double Life, this finely worked novel concludes Charlotte Philby’s triptych about the choices women might make when under pressure’ THE TIMES

‘Brilliant’ BELLA MAGAZINE

‘Gripping’ CRIME MONTHLY

The Second Woman

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 03/02/2022
      ISBN13: 9780008495725, 978-0008495725
      ISBN10: 0008495726

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      Book Synopsis
      A timely, gripping and morally complex thriller'MAIL ON SUNDAYTwo women are found dead.Both had a secret.Both had a choice.Artemis leaves her home in Greece to start a shiny new life with her wealthy husband, Clive Witherall, in 1990s London. Finally she has escaped the ghosts of her past. Until she is discovered hanging from the stairs of their beautiful family home.Two decades later, the apparent suicide of heiress Anna Witherall uncannily mirrors Artemis' mysterious death.What is the web of deceit that binds these two women? And what deadly secrets were they hiding?Philby is a skilled and evocative writer'FINANCIAL TIMESSeriously stylish' LUCY FOLEYI'm addicted to the deadly glamour of Charlotte Philby's novels' ERIN KELLYGripping' CRIME MONTHLYA page-turning thriller Philby has created a new sort of spy novel approaching this world of skulduggery and intrigue from an entirely unique perspective. This is a clever, gripping, unsettling and thoroughly entertaining read' HOLLY WATTHe

      Trade Review

      ‘I’m addicted to the deadly glamour of Charlotte Philby’s novels’ ERIN KELLY

      ‘A timely, gripping and morally complex thriller’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

      ‘Each of Charlotte Philby’s novels bring a thought-provoking new angle to her characters – with old favourites and new intrigues emerging. The Second Woman is a page-turning thriller, but again, Philby has created a new sort of spy novel – approaching this world of skulduggery and intrigue from an entirely unique perspective. This is a clever, gripping, unsettling and thoroughly entertaining read’ HOLLY WATT

      ‘Following on from Part of the Family and A Double Life, this finely worked novel concludes Charlotte Philby’s triptych about the choices women might make when under pressure’ THE TIMES

      ‘Brilliant’ BELLA MAGAZINE

      ‘Gripping’ CRIME MONTHLY

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