An Inconvenient Woman
an addictive thriller with a devastating emotional ending
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
'Packed with suspense and surprises, it is hard to put down' Daily Mail
'A remarkably polished first mystery' New York Times
'Beautifully written and suspenseful from the chilling opening to the end' James Patterson
SHE SAYS HE IS A KILLER. HE SAYS SHE IS DELUSIONAL. SOMEBODY IS LYING.
When Claire Fontaine learns that her ex-husband Simon is marrying again, to a woman with a teenage daughter, her blood runs cold. She is sure that years ago Simon molested her own daughter and was responsible for her mysterious death. She can't let him get away with it a second time. Vandalism, harassment; whatever it takes, Claire will expose him.
Simon doesn't know where Claire got this delusion from; her daughter's death was ruled a suicide, but she has always blamed herself - is she just lashing out? Wanting to protect his new fiancee, he hires Sloane Wilson, an ex-cop turned 'sin-eater', whose job it is to handle delicate cases without getting the police involved, to get Claire off his back.
Sloane must navigate the wreckage of Claire and Simon's marriage to discover the truth. Two people with conflicting stories and a whole lot of reasons to want to hurt each other. Is she crazy or is he manipulative? And can Sloane stay clear-headed enough to figure it out?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
French teacher Claire Fontaine, the unhinged protagonist of Buelens's pedestrian debut, is convinced that her ex-husband, Simon Miller, a wealthy Beverly Hills lawyer, molested Melody, her daughter by her late first husband, driving the teenager to suicide. Simon claims Melody's drowning death was an accident. Claire has now made it her mission to stop his upcoming wedding to Charlotte. Claire believes that Simon really is after Charlotte's daughter, Emma, who's about the same age as Melody when he first molested the girl. Claire considers more extreme actions after she has no success confronting Simon over the phone or persuading Charlotte, whom she confronts at the jewelry store where Charlotte works, to keep Emma away from Simon. Frustrated by Claire's antics, Simon hires "sin eater" Sloane Wilson, a former LAPD detective who specializes in cleaning up situations best handled outside the law. A couple of clever twists near the denouement make up only in part for Claire's wearisome paranoia and characters who elicit little sympathy. Psychological thrillers fans can safely take a pass.
