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Brought to you by Penguin.

IBA Crime Fiction Book of the Year Winner 2018

WINNER of the Dead Good Books Award for the Book That You Can't Put Down!

She's not who you think she is . . .

'I could probably have been an actress.
It is not difficult to pretend to be somebody else.
Isn't that what I've been doing for most of my life?'

Cordelia Russell has been living on the French Riviera for twenty-five years, passing herself off as an English socialite. But her luck, and the kindness of strangers, have run out.

The arrival of a visitor from her distant past shocks Cordelia. She reacts violently to the intrusion and flees her flat to spend a drunken night at a glittering party. As dawn breaks she stumbles home through the back streets. Even before she opens her door she can hear the flies buzzing. She did not expect the corpse inside to start decomposing quite so quickly . . .

'Pure genius. Absolutely brilliant' Shari Lapena

'A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith' Ian Rankin

© Liz Nugent 2018 (P) Penguin Audio 2018

Critics Review

What takes a woman from an island childhood in Ireland to murder and ruin in a grotty flat in Nice? - another dark twisted story from No 1 bestseller Liz Nugent.
From the Publisher's Description
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
A stunningly talented writer
Sophie Hannah
An unputdownable psychological thriller with an ending that lingers long after turning the final page
Irish Times on Lying in Wait
The intricate plotting and jolting suspense hold you in a vice till the last page
Sunday Times on Lying in Wait
Clear your diary if you pick up this seductively sinister story. The twists come together in a superbly scary denouncement which delivers a final sting in the tail. Brilliantly macabre
Sunday Mirror on Lying in Wait

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0
A favourite now. Brilliant book!
kirstycarr81 06/01/2026

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