The thrilling new bestseller from acclaimed crime writer Louise Phillips. Abby Jones, a young nanny from a small town outside Boston, is the last person with infant Jacob Rotterdam when he becomes seriously ill. Within hours, tragically, he dies, and Abby is charged with his murder.Heather Baxter, her defense attorney, knows the case is not as clear cut as the Assistant District Attorney claims, and with enormous media attention on the trial, the stakes couldn't be higher.When Heather digs deeper, the shadows of her own past, and her mother's unsolved murder 25 years earlier, in the same small town, begin to unravel with deadly consequences, placing both Heather, and her young client in danger. Will Heather find the link between Abby and what happened to her mother all those years before? And will Abby walk free? (P) 2019 Hachette Books Ireland
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Louise Phillips is back with a most intriguing and compelling story of grief, loss, memory and the quest for the truth. With rich characterisation and a lively setting, this story will entail you to the end. - Liz NugentA gripping courtroom drama with a courageous new heroine in Heather Baxter. Pacy, tightly plotted and full of suspense. The Hiding Game was worth the wait! - Andrea CarterPhillips has been compared to US crime writers James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell and with this book, she certainly lives up to that accolade - Sunday IndependentThe Hiding Game is filled with characters who will grab you by the throat from beginning to end. Absolutely gripping storyline, expertly crafted, an addictive page turner. I loved it. - Patricia GibneyLouise is at the top of her game. The Hiding Game is riveting, thought provoking and compulsive. A five-star read. - Arlene HuntA riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines legal thriller set in A Small Town USA beset with dark secrets and murky lies - Catherine Ryan HowardFull of twists and turns. A cracking good read - Karen PerryThe oppressive nature of life in a small town adds tension as Phillips draws together the strands of her tightly plotted family thriller - Sinead Crowley
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Louise Phillips is back with a most intriguing and compelling story of grief, loss, memory and the quest for the truth. With rich characterisation and a lively setting, this story will entail you to the end. - Liz NugentA gripping courtroom drama with a courageous new heroine in Heather Baxter. Pacy, tightly plotted and full of suspense. The Hiding Game was worth the wait! - Andrea CarterPhillips has been compared to US crime writers James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell and with this book, she certainly lives up to that accolade - Sunday IndependentThe Hiding Game is filled with characters who will grab you by the throat from beginning to end. Absolutely gripping storyline, expertly crafted, an addictive page turner. I loved it. - Patricia GibneyLouise is at the top of her game. The Hiding Game is riveting, thought provoking and compulsive. A five-star read. - Arlene HuntA riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines legal thriller set in A Small Town USA beset with dark secrets and murky lies - Catherine Ryan HowardFull of twists and turns. A cracking good read - Karen PerryThe oppressive nature of life in a small town adds tension as Phillips draws together the strands of her tightly plotted family thriller - Sinead Crowley
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A tightly-woven, gripping novel that explores themes of guilt, motherhood and the way we remember the past.

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ISBN
9781529304534
Publisert
2019-09-05
Utgiver
Vendor
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Lydfil

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Biographical note

LOUISE PHILLIPS is the author of five bestselling psychological crime thrillers. Her debut novel RED RIBBONS, and her subsequent novels, THE DOLL'S HOUSE, LAST KISS and THE GAME CHANGER, were each nominated for Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year. She won the award in 2013. Louise's work has formed part of many literary anthologies, and she has won both the Jonathan Swift Award and the Irish Writers' Centre Lonely Voice platform, along with being shortlisted for the Molly Keane Memorial Award, Bridport UK, and many others. In 2015, she was awarded a writing residency at Cill Rialaig Artist retreat and she was also a judge on the Irish panel for the EU Literary Award. In 2016, she was longlisted for the prestigious CWA Dagger in the Library Award, and her first two novels, RED RIBBONS and THE DOLL'S HOUSE, were published in the US. Her fifth novel, THE HIDING GAME, received an Arts Bursary for Literature from the Arts Council of Ireland. They All Lied is her sixth novel.