Overview

From the award-winning author of the Brigid Quinn thrillers, which have been translated into 20 languages, comes this gripping series spin-off and upmarket domestic suspense novel. Alice Einstein-known as ""Malice"" to her former schoolfriends-likes to tell herself stories. There's a good one she's workshopping about how, despite once being a critically acclaimed literary novelist, she's ended up blocked and uninspired, living in her timid, conflict-averse sister Liesl's spare room. But then Liesl sends her an SOS worthy of a thriller novel. The horror! The horror! Sam is back. Sam, Liesl's wealthy ex-husband, vanished ten years ago, leaving her a chunk of money but no explanation. Sam is handsome, charming, manipulative . . . and now he claims he's sick. But Alice, with her experience of spinning tales, knows a liar when she sees one. Haunted by a childhood tragedy that gave birth to the cruel nickname ""Lethal"", Liesl now specializes in saving things: dogs, children, sisters. Telling herself it's time she returned the favor, Alice engages the services of Brigid Quinn, a hardboiled local private investigator with a shady past, to help her get rid of Sam for good. But as the plot thickens, Alice begins to wonder if she knows anyone involved-most of all herself-quite as well as she thinks . . .

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Wickedly satisfying * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> * Gritty, timely, and page-turning * <b>Booklist</b> * A high-IQ, low-key domestic thriller with more than a touch of the metafictional * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> * A must-read for fans of domestic thrillers * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Maternal Instinct</b> * Masterman keeps the tension high throughout this page-turner * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>We Were Killers Once</b> * Will compel both new readers and old fans to cheer Brigid on * <b>Library Journal</b> on <b>A Twist of the Knife</b> * Gripping . . . [will] draw in fans of Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Fear the Darkness</b> * Fans of Lisa Gardner and Tess Gerritsen will love this book * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Rage Against the Dying</b> * Chilling, smart . . . and what a voice * <b>Gillian Flynn</b> on <b>Rage Against the Dying</b> * A thriller that must be read * <b>Lisa Gardner</b> on <b>Rage Against the Dying</b> *

Author Information

Becky Masterman has worked as an actor, a playwright, and an editor for a forensic science and law enforcement press. Her debut thriller was a finalist for the Edgar and the Anthony Awards for Best First Novel and for the CWA Gold Dagger, and her books have been translated into twenty languages. As well as the Brigid Quinn series, she is the author of standalone thriller Maternal Instinct. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband.

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