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The Woman Who Lied

By: Claire Douglas
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan, Ayesha Antoine
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Summary

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A gripping thriller from the bestselling author of The Couple at No 9.

Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two children - a teenager from her first marriage, a little boy from her second. She also happens to be the bestselling author of the Miranda Moody detective novels.

But when Emilia embarks on her tenth novel, life takes a disturbing turn: an incident straight out of the plot of one of her novels occurs in real life. Just an unsettling coincidence, she thinks.

Until it happens again - and again.

Then someone she knows dies in the same way as a victim in the book she's currently writing...

Why is someone doing this?

How do they know what she is writing?

And what if Emilia and her family are next?

©2023 Claire Douglas (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

"Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page." (Sarah Pearse)

"Eerie, spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect immersive read." (Janice Hallett)

"Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet." (Gillian Mcallister)

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Page turner

I loved this book from beginning to end.The twists came fast and furious. Really good

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Fantastic

I love this book. It’s a compelling plot. Great narration too. I love Claire Douglas and this did not disappoint.

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Excellent plot + brilliant narration….

= fantastic book! Loved it and had one of those moments at the finish where it feels like a loss for it to end. I thought the plot sounded a little silly when I read the synopsis, but it really isn’t. Gemma Whelan’s narration is so great that I am actually going to look up an elocution app so I can sound a little posher!

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Totally gripped me from the 1st chapter

Loved the speakers, did so well. So many twists and turns in the book, completely gripped me.

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Complex….. sending sometimes down wrong track !

The complexities and trying to make connections between and amongst the characters. a real who-dun-it. Recommend for long winter walks ( not on the mountains of course )

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Lots of twists!

There are a lot of characters to keep track of and lots of twists. Really enjoying, kept changing my mind on ‘who done it’.

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Loved it!

Really well written and many plot twists that keep you guessing and wanting to keep listening. The narration is very good. Overall a very enjoyable book that I’d happily recommend.

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More twists and turns than a mountain road...

Having recently been introduced to the works of Claire Douglas and having rapidly made my way through them, I couldn't wait for this book to be released. It did not disappoint and constantly left me wanting more - just when you think that you have it all worked out, along comes another curve ball! A fantastic read, highly recommended.

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Full of Intrigue

A great plot with lots of intrigue, keeps you guessing until the very end. Well narrated by both narrators.

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sadly it dragged for me

the story was okay but but was easy to guess the “twists”.
took me weeks to finish it, finishing actually felt like a chore.
probably wouldn’t recommend.

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