From the award-winning author of the No 1 bestseller, Unravelling Oliver
'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.'
Lydia Fitzsimons lives in the perfect house with her adoring husband and beloved son. There is just one thing Lydia yearns for to make her perfect life complete, though the last thing she expects is that pursuing it will lead to murder. However, needs must - because nothing can stop this mother from getting what she wants ...
This is a dark, twisty and utterly gripping domestic noir that you won't be able to put down from the author hailed as Ireland's answer to Gillian Flynn.
What did I think?
Lying in Wait must have the best opening line EVER! It is on the cover and in the blurb so I'm not releasing any spoilers by stating it again here:
'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.'
I had little doubt from this most excellent first sentence, that this book was going to be slightly on the dark side, but I could never have guessed how deliciously dark it was going to be. Talk about a dysfunctional family - Lydia reminded me of the fabulous Bette Davis in one of my favourite films, The Anniversary. A cruel and clever matriarch ruling her family without them even realising they are being ruled. Tremendous!
Andrew and Lydia Fitzsimons are doing very well for themselves. They live in a huge house with their son, Laurence, but beneath the perfect facade lies THE most dysfunctional family I have ever read about. Lydia is absolutely crazy as a coconut and Andrew and Laurence do everything they can to please her. Just how far they go on behalf of Lydia is enough to make your hair curl, and does she appreciate it? Not one little bit.
When Andrew kills Annie Doyle, Annie's family register her as a missing person and her sister, Karen, never gives up hope of finding out what happened to Annie. Annie was estranged from her family so when she sends mysterious letters reassuring her family that she's ok, they breathe a sigh of relief. Wait a moment, wasn't she killed in the first sentence? Aha! I told you this book was dark.
There is so much I could say about this book but I fear I may spoil some of the story if I continue, needless to say a brilliant opening line deserves an outstanding ending and Liz Nugent doesn't fail to deliver. I have read so many fabulous reviews of Liz Nugent's debut, Unravelling Oliver, but I have not yet had the chance to read it; if it's half as good as Lying in Wait, it will be money well spent.
Lying in Wait is a deliciously dark and constantly surprising story. Never has the well used line 'hooked from the start' fitted so well; you can't fail to be hooked from the start with this one and Liz Nugent definitely reeled me in. A fabulous book - I loved it.
When Andrew kills Annie Doyle, Annie's family register her as a missing person and her sister, Karen, never gives up hope of finding out what happened to Annie. Annie was estranged from her family so when she sends mysterious letters reassuring her family that she's ok, they breathe a sigh of relief. Wait a moment, wasn't she killed in the first sentence? Aha! I told you this book was dark.
There is so much I could say about this book but I fear I may spoil some of the story if I continue, needless to say a brilliant opening line deserves an outstanding ending and Liz Nugent doesn't fail to deliver. I have read so many fabulous reviews of Liz Nugent's debut, Unravelling Oliver, but I have not yet had the chance to read it; if it's half as good as Lying in Wait, it will be money well spent.
Lying in Wait is a deliciously dark and constantly surprising story. Never has the well used line 'hooked from the start' fitted so well; you can't fail to be hooked from the start with this one and Liz Nugent definitely reeled me in. A fabulous book - I loved it.
I received this book from the publisher, Penguin Ireland, in exchange for an honest review.
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