Synopses & Reviews
The
New York Times bestselling author of
The Monogram Murders—in the ranks of Ruth Rendell, Deborah Crombie, Kimberly McCreight, and Tana French—makes her William Morrow debut with a dark and chilling psychological thriller in which a woman desperate to hide a devastating secret in her past is drawn into a murder investigation.
Traffic on Elmhirst Road has come to a halt. The police are stopping cars, searching for something. Nicki Clements waits patiently, until she glimpses a face she hoped shed never see again. Its him—and hes the cop checking each car. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a panicky U-turn and escapes.
But Nickis peculiar behavior did not go unnoticed, and now the police have summoned her for questioning. A resident of Elmhirst Road has been murdered—a controversial newspaper columnist named Damon Blundy. The detectives begin peppering her with questions. Why was she seen fleeing the scene? What is her connection to the victim? Why was the knife that killed him used in such a peculiar way? Why were the words “HE IS NO LESS DEAD” painted on the wall of Blundys study—and what do they signify?
One simple answer could clear her. But she cant explain why she fled Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her.
Nicki isnt guilty of murder. But shes far from innocent. . . .
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“Perfect.” Tana French, on The Monogram Murders
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“The rising star of [suspense] fiction.” The Times (London)
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“Her books are so distinctive that they deserve to be placed in a sub-genre of their own.” The Spectator
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“An exceptional storyteller.” Elle
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“Mesmerizing! Sophie Hannah puts the ‘psycho in psychological suspense with this riveting thriller involving the ultimate closed-door crime scene--and a narrator who is both more and less than what she seems.” < b=""> Lisa Gardner, #1 < em=""> New York Times < m=""> -bestselling author of < em=""> Crash and Burn < m=""> and < em=""> Fear Nothing < m=""> <>
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“No one writes twisted, suspenseful novels quite like Sophie Hannah. I just love her dry, edgy wit and the way she brings her weirdly wonderful characters to life. Woman With a Secret is unpredictable, unputdownable, and unlike anything youve read before.” < b=""> Liane Moriarty, #1 < em=""> New York Times < m=""> bestselling author of < em=""> Big Little Lies < m=""> and < em=""> The Husband's Secret < m=""> <>
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“Her plots are ingeniousshes a writer in complete command of her materialand its O.K. if you havent quite kept up. She keeps you puzzled and intrigued, right until the end.” < b=""> The New York Times Book Review <>
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“Kept me guessing at every turn. Sophie Hannah...has clearly mastered the psychological methodology [of] Gillian Flynn or Tana French. Her unreliable narrator commands our attention and even our sympathy.” < b=""> NPR <>
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“Witty and suspenseful...moves with the speed and unpredictability of a pinball. The author portions out Nickis secrets in ways that both heighten tension and increase sympathy for this unusual protagonist.” < b=""> The Wall Street Journal <>
Synopsis
Published in the UK as The Telling Error
Lisa Gardner calls it "mesmerizing." Liane Moriarty says it's "unpredictable, unputdownable, and unlike anything you've read before." See for yourself what these #1 New York Times-bestselling authors are talking about.
She's a wife.
She's a mother.
She isn't who you think she is.
Nicki Clements has secrets, just like anybody else--secrets she keeps from her children, from her husband, from everyone who knows her. Secrets she shares with only one person: A stranger she's never seen. A person whose voice she's never heard.
And then Nicki is arrested for murder. The murder of a man she doesn't know.
As a pair of husband-and-wife detectives investigate her every word, and as the media circle like sharks, all Nicki's secrets are laid bare--illusions and deceptions that she has kept up for years. And even the truth might not be enough to save her. For although Nicki isn't guilty of homicide, she's far from innocent. . . .
For fans of The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl, and the best of Hitchcock comes an extraordinary thriller--and an extraordinarily unreliable narrator--from an author whose work has been described by Tana French as "like watching a nightmare come to life."
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NPRAbout the Author
Internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah breathes new life into the incomparable detective. In this thrilling tale, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London—a diabolically clever puzzle that will test his brilliant skills and baffle and delight longtime Christie fans and new generations of readers discovering him for the first time. Authorized by Christies family, and featuring the most iconic detective of all time, this instant Christie classic is sure to be celebrated by mystery lovers the world over.