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She Lies Close
- Author
- Sharon Doering
- Narrator
- Lisa Flanagan
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 9 February 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A compulsive debut thriller about motherhood, obsession, and how far we’d go to protect the ones we love
Five-year-old Ava Boone vanished without a trace six months ago. No witnesses, no sightings or arrests. But Grace Wright just moved in next door to the only suspect the case had: quiet, middle-aged Leland Ernest.
Recently divorced, Grace uprooted her two small children to start again and hopes the move will reset her crippling insomnia. 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.
Critics Review
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“Doering’s wordsmithing is the absolute gold standard and leads readers to a stunner of an ending.”
New York Journal of Books
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“A darkly comedic psychological thriller.”
Foreword magazine
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“[A] very interesting and well-thought-out thriller.”
Booklist
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“If you do (love Gillian Flynn), you will love this book as well.”
Manhattan Book Review
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“Intense, emotional, and chilling, this twisting story will grip you, and make you question your opinions about the characters again and again.”
Crime Review
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“A chilling twister of a thriller following embattled single mother Grace’s descent into paranoia and obsession.”
Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author
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“Sharon Doering arrives on the mystery scene with an explosive, darkly comedic thriller that belongs on every to read list. Scrupulously plotted with one of the most memorable protagonists I’ve read.”
Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author
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Details
- Author
- Sharon Doering
- Narrator
- Lisa Flanagan
- Duration
- 9 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9781799968184
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction, Family life fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
A compulsive debut thriller about motherhood, obsession, and how far we’d go to protect the ones we loveFive-year-old Ava Boone vanished without a trace six months ago. No witnesses, no sightings or arrests. But Grace Wright just moved in next door to the only suspect the case had: quiet, middle-aged Leland Ernest.Recently divorced, Grace uprooted her two small children to start again and hopes the move will reset her crippling insomnia. 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.
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