From the opening sentence of this psychological thriller “If she’d turned off her phone instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died…” the reader is drawn into this tightly crafted book. And the pace never lets up. “She” is Cressida, wife of Laurence Howard, a rich Irish entrepreneur …
First up, confession time. This is the first ever Marian Keyes I’ve read, which is a startling omission, right? Fortunately, out running recently, I was listening to a BBC podcast called Fortunately (no, really) & Ms Keyes was being interviewed, and I was instantly sold. What a great story this …
Having just put down Liz Nugent’s fabulous “Unravelling Oliver”, I immediately opened “Lying in Wait.” And this amazingly talented writer’s second novel is, possibly, even more stunning than her début book. What a writer. How exciting it is to discover such talent, even though everyone else clearly knew about Ms Nugent …
How is it possible that this stunning novel eluded me for 2 years? What a read. I sat up in the misty Himalayas, wrapped in a duvet against the damp chill, and read and read and read and didn’t go exploring. Just gobbled up this dark, gripping, clever book. The book …
