"Dark secrets of the past catch up with the present in this gripping domestic thriller that sees a financially crippled couple relocate to rural France, with near catastrophic results. "
This highly readable slice of suspenseful noir sees a couple on the brink of losing everything. Emma thought she had it all with second husband Paul - a big house, new daughter Mollie, a fine step-dad for her son from her first marriage. But Paul’s been hiding things from her, not least the debts he’s been racking up, and the seriousness of his work situation.
Forced to come clean (about some of his misdemeanors, at least) when he’s made redundant, they escape to the dilapidated French property Paul randomly bought during a holiday.
While Paul flits between France and London - ostensibly for work - resourceful Emma turns things around by making a go of a bar business in their new village. But her blossoming is thwarted when a glamorous stranger infiltrates her life and a hideous web of deceit, blackmail, entrapment and violence unravels with heart-pounding urgency that will have readers rooting for Emma every step of the way. This is a real read-in-one-sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat kind of book.
| Primary Genre | Thriller and Suspense |
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How can you build a new life on toxic foundations? Written by the winner of Winchester Writers' Festival prize for the opening pages of a novel, Helen Matthews is the author of the best-selling book `After Leaving the Village' - an absorbing story of deception, guilt, betrayal and the resilience of the human spirit.
Lies Behind The Ruin features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Books of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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Lies Behind The Ruin was written by Helen Matthews and published by Hashtag Press
Lies Behind The Ruin has 369 pages
