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by Katherine Faulkner
After killing an intruder in self-defense, a wealthy London mother must unravel a terrifying mystery filled with twists and turns, from the author of the "deliciously twisted thriller" (People) The Other Mothers.
Alice, a professional mother of one, is hosting a playdate with friends at her upscale London home when a disturbed man breaks in. With her child in the next room, Alice panics and kills him—an act later ruled to have been in self-defense.
Everyone tries to encourage Alice to move on with her life—but with strange comments appearing online, a mysterious phone call telling her all is not as it seems, and her husband, nanny, and friends behaving strangely, Alice finds herself drawn to the mystery of who her intruder really was. As she digs deeper, she discovers a trail of dark secrets that spiral closer to home than she ever could have imagined.
"Skillfully spinning a taut, surprise-filled tale enlivened by multiple compelling characters, Faulkner keeps this highly charged guessing game going until the final page." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Eventually, Faulkner knits everything together with a series of surprising reveals, unveiling hidden motives and unlikely links between her characters. She gets in her own way, however, with too much plodding exposition and characterizations too thin to earn readers' investment. It's a letdown." —Publishers Weekly
"A binge-worthy page turner. I devoured it in a sitting, and I have zero regrets." —Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Maid's Secret
"Katherine Faulkner is the master of throwing ordinary women into extraordinary, what-would-you-do situations. With her razor sharp takes on middle class motherhood, this is an up-all-night thriller packed with style, acuity, and intrigue." —Abigail Dean, New York Times bestselling author of Girl A
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Katherine Faulkner, an award-winning journalist, studied history at Cambridge. She has worked as an investigative reporter and an editor and was formerly the joint Head of News at The Times (London). She lives in London, where she grew up, with her husband and two daughters. She is the author of The Break-In, The Other Mothers, Greenwich Park.
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