The Woman Who Lied

Claire Douglas

- 4.3 • 74 Ratings

- £4.99

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THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9

Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two children - a teenager from her first marriage, a little boy from her second. She also happens to be the bestselling author of the Miranda Moody detective novels.

But when Emilia embarks on her tenth novel, life takes a disturbing turn: an incident straight out of the plot of one of her novels occurs in real life. Just an unsettling coincidence, she thinks.

Until it happens again - and again.

Then someone she knows dies in the same way as a victim in the book she's currently writing . . .

Why is someone doing this?
How do they know what she is writing?
And what if Emilia and her family are next?

PRAISE FOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS:

'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE

'Eerie, spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect immersive read' JANICE HALLETT

'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet' GILLIAN MCALLISTER

© Claire Douglas 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

APPLE BOOKS REVIEW

There are layers upon layers of murder-mystery in this atmospheric thriller. Protagonist Emilia is a best-selling crime author who boldly decides to kill off her popular detective heroine in her latest novel. But as she’s in the midst of writing it, sinister incidents start occurring. What’s more, they seem to be ripped straight from her own books. When her friend is killed exactly like a victim in her manuscript, she realises the murderer must be someone she knows. Could Emilia herself be next? Are her family safe? And just how close to home is the deadly threat? As Emilia begins to mistrust those closest to her, we gradually learn that she’s been living a lie—and it’s one that could kill her. Interweaving true-crime vengeance with a serial killer plot and simmering psychological menace, this cleverly constructed book inside a book crackles with tension. The story strands converge in ways you won’t see coming. A haunting, head-spinning twist on domestic noir.

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