Keep Your Friends Close
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- £3.99
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
You thought you could trust her.
You thought wrong . . .
A gripping thriller from Leah Konen, author of You Should Have Told Me
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Willa is the best friend Mary never had . . .
Appearing in Mary’s life in a moment of crisis – after divorcing her rich and powerful ex, George – Willa proves herself fun, charming and loyal.
Until the day she vanishes, leaving Mary more alone than ever.
Months later, Mary is looking to make a fresh start in a new town, when she runs into the last person she expects to see – Willa.
Except her former friend is going by a new name, with a new family in tow.
Hurt, confused and troubled, Mary doesn’t know what to think.
She knows she can’t trust Willa. But soon she’ll have a choice to make.
Because when George is found dead, Mary is quickly named the prime suspect in his murder.
And what her former friend knows will either exonerate her or convict her.
But is Willa on her side or not?
And does Mary have time to figure it out – before it’s too late?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A woman's contentious divorce takes on murderous new stakes in Konen's surprise-packed latest (after You Should Have Told Me). After Mary Haywood files for divorce from her wealthy, controlling husband, she moves with her two-year-old son from Brooklyn to Woodstock, N.Y., to be closer to her family. On her first day Upstate, she's shocked to run into Willa, a friend from Brooklyn she hasn't heard from in months—especially when Willa insists her name is Annie, and that she and Mary have never met. Meanwhile, Mary's husband, George, arrives in Woodstock with his sights set on winning her back. Soon thereafter, Mary finds George murdered in his brother's house, with "Die Rich Pig" painted on the wall above him. After notifying the police, Mary becomes the primary suspect in his murder. Soon thereafter, Willa drops the "Annie" facade and explains to Mary that she, too, has come to Woodstock to start over—in her case, after an affair gone wrong. The women reconcile, but the more Mary looks into the stories Willa tells her, the less trustworthy she seems. From there, Konen provides a tantalizing IV drip of revelations about the women's pasts until they come face-to-face with George's killer. Even seasoned genre veterans won't be able to predict where this supercharged spine-tingler ends up.
