Böcker av Cate Holahan

"Psychiatrist Imani Banks and her restaurateur husband Philip are living the New York City dream. They own a posh townhouse in Brooklyn Heights, their two children are standouts at their private school, and they are well-liked in their affluent community. Tonya Sayre is living the NYC nightmare. After moving to Manhattan with dreams of becoming a Broadway star, she has found herself stuck in a waitressing job and struggling to support her teenage daughter, Layla. She also fears Layla's father, Brad, who is back in their life. When Philip's restaurant closes due to the lockdown, they decide to take on a renter and let the extra rooms to Tonya and Layla. As Tonya begins skipping payments, the tension with Imani grows. She becomes convinced that Tonya is a professional grifter who preys upon the sympathies of men to live rent free. She even thinks Tonya might have been involved in the shocking murders of the Walkers, a neighboring family. But evicting someone during a pandemic is no easy feat. Imani soon finds herself stuck with a woman whom she believes to be a killer"--

A home invasion begins unraveling chilling secrets in USA Today bestselling author Cate Holahan's latest standalone thriller -- perfect for suspense fans of Nina Laurin and Ruth Ware.

SEPTEMBER 2017 SELECTION FOR BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUBONE OF KIRKUS' BEST BOOKS OF 2017From the author of the USA Today bestselling novel, The Widowers Wife, comes an electrifying story of love and deceit.The truth can be darker than fiction.Liza Cole, a once-successful novelist whose career has seen better days, has one month to write the thriller that could land her back on the bestseller list. Meanwhile, shes struggling to start a family, but her husband is distracted by the disappearance of his best friend, Nick. As stresses weigh her down in her professional and personal lives, Liza escapes into writing the chilling exploits of her latest heroine, Beth.Beth, a new mother, suspects her husband is cheating on her while shes home caring for their newborn. Angry and betrayed, she aims to catch him in the act and make him pay for shattering the illusion of their perfect life. But before she realizes what shes doing, shes tossing the body of her husbands mistress into the East River.Then, the lines between Lizas fiction and her reality eerily blur. Nicks body is dragged from the East River, and Lizas husband is arrested for his murder. Before her deadline is up, Liza will have to face up to the truths about the people around her, including her own. If she doesnt, the end of her heroines story could be the end of her own.