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Lying in Wait
- Author
- Liz Nugent
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 29 December 2016
- Run Time
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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The No. 1 Bestseller
'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 . . .
'It twists, it turns, its characters are utterly despicable, and it is a compulsive triumph' Stylist
'What an extraordinary novel ... crackles and snaps like a bonfire on a winter's night; you shudder even as you draw closer to it. Spellbinding.' A J Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
'A stunningly talented writer' Sophie Hannah
© Liz Nugent 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
Critics Review
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What an extraordinary novel ... Spellbinding
A J Finn
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Devastating ... utterly captivating
Publishers Weekly
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Gone Girl fans will love Liz Nugent's Lying in Wait ... it twists, it turns, its characters are utterly despicable and it is a compulsive triumph
Stylist
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A stunningly talented writer
Sophie Hannah
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The intricate plotting and jolting suspense hold you in a vice till the last page
Sunday Times
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[A] seductively sinister story. The twists come together in a superbly scary denouncement which delivers a final sting in the tail. Brilliantly macabre
Sunday Mirror
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Deliciously twisted ... truly chilling
Sarah Hilary
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A tense, taut, almost gothic thriller ... impossible to stop reading. A brilliantly written, stand-out novel
Marian Keyes
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The wit is sharp and the plot full of punishing twists
The Times Crime Club
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An unputdownable psychological thriller with an ending that lingers long after turning the final page
Irish Times
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Details
- Author
- Liz Nugent
- Narrator
- Caoilfhionn Dunne, David McFetridge, Lesley McGuire
- Duration
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 December 2016
- ISBN
- 9780241981047
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The No. 1 Bestseller'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 . . .'It twists, it turns, its characters are utterly despicable, and it is a compulsive triumph' Stylist'What an extraordinary novel ... crackles and snaps like a bonfire on a winter's night; you shudder even as you draw closer to it. Spellbinding.' A J Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window'A stunningly talented writer' Sophie Hannah© Liz Nugent 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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