She Lies Close
Published on 8. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-78909-419-0 (ISBN)
Description
A compulsive debut thriller about motherhood, obsession and how far we'd go to protect the ones we love.
Five-year-old Ava Boone has been missing for six months. There have been no leads, no arrests, no witnesses. The only suspect was quiet, middle-aged Leland Ernest.
And Grace Wright has just bought the house next door. Recently divorced, Grace uprooted her two small children to start again and hopes the move will reset her crippling insomnia. But now she understands bargain-price for her beautiful new house.
With whispered neighborhood gossip and increasingly sleepless nights, Grace develops a fierce obsession with Leland and the safety of her children. Could she really be living next door to a child-kidnapper? A murderer?
With reality and dream blurring more each day, Grace desperately pursues the truth - following Ava's family, demanding answers from the police - and then a body is discovered...
Five-year-old Ava Boone has been missing for six months. There have been no leads, no arrests, no witnesses. The only suspect was quiet, middle-aged Leland Ernest.
And Grace Wright has just bought the house next door. Recently divorced, Grace uprooted her two small children to start again and hopes the move will reset her crippling insomnia. But now she understands bargain-price for her beautiful new house.
With whispered neighborhood gossip and increasingly sleepless nights, Grace develops a fierce obsession with Leland and the safety of her children. Could she really be living next door to a child-kidnapper? A murderer?
With reality and dream blurring more each day, Grace desperately pursues the truth - following Ava's family, demanding answers from the police - and then a body is discovered...
Reviews / Votes
"This book should come with a warning: Contents are much darker and more shocking than they first appear. Every curve, every twist takes you further down the rabbit hole. Sharon Doering has written a crackling debut that should be on your 2020 list!" - Samantha Downing, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It"She Lies Close is an emotionally charged domestic thriller, packed with chills, and an unexpected ending that readers won't see coming. Sharon Doering's fast-paced, tension-filled debut makes her a writer to watch."
- Joanna Schaffhausen, author of The Vanishing Season
"She Lies Close is a psychological thriller unlike any you've read before. A perfect mixture of chilling suspense and twisting family secrets... an astonishing debut"
- Jamie Freveletti, bestselling and award-winning author of the Emma Caldridge series, Robert Ludlum's The Janus Reprisal and The Geneva Strategy
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78909-419-0 (9781789094190)
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Person
Sharon Doering lives in the Chicago area with her husband, Marc, their three kids, and a peculiarly civilized dog, Lady.
In her other life, she was a science professor, a biotech stock analyst, and a xenotransplantation researcher. She has also been agood waitress, a mediocre bartender, and a terrible maid.
Sharon is working on her next novel.
In her other life, she was a science professor, a biotech stock analyst, and a xenotransplantation researcher. She has also been agood waitress, a mediocre bartender, and a terrible maid.
Sharon is working on her next novel.