‘My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.’
LYING IN WAIT
RADIO LISTENER’S CHOICE AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2016
From the award-winning author of the Number 1 bestseller, Unravelling Oliver, comes another absorbing, twisty, brilliantly observed story of murder in high places.
The last people who expect to be meeting with a drug-addicted prostitute are a respected judge and his reclusive wife. And they certainly don’t plan to kill her and bury her in their exquisite suburban garden.
Yet Andrew and Lydia Fitzsimons find themselves in this unfortunate situation.
While Lydia does all she can to protect their innocent son Laurence and their social standing, her husband begins to falls apart.
But Laurence is not as naïve as Lydia thinks. And his obsession with the dead girl’s family may be the undoing of his own..
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“Lying in Wait crackles and snaps like a bonfire on a winter’s night; you shudder even as you draw closer to it. Spellbinding”
— A.J. Finn
#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
“The intricate plotting and jolting suspense hold you in a vice till the last page”
— Sunday Times
“The wit is sharp and the plot full of punishing twists”
— The Times Crime Club
“An unputdownable psychological thriller with an ending that lingers long after turning the final page”
— Irish Times
“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
“Readers who love sinister psychological thrillers will tear through these pages….”
— U.S. Library Journal
“An exquisitely uncomfortable, utterly captivating reading experience.”
— Publishers Weekly
“A page-turner chock full of lies and betrayals and a very creepy mother-son relationship.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“A tense, taut, almost gothic thriller where the tension tightens to near unbearable proportions. I devoured it in one sitting because it was impossible to stop reading. A brilliantly written, stand-out novel.”
— Marian Keyes
“Lying in Wait is a gradual descent from ordinary, straightforward murder to the very heart of darkness. Liz Nugent’s characters are as unforgettably monstrous as they are believable. A superbly crafted novel and an absorbing portrait of the purest kind of evil.”
— Jane Casey
“Deliciously twisted, shot through with dark and acid humour and the denouement is truly chilling.”
— Sarah Hilary
“I thought it impossible to match the brilliant Unravelling Oliver, but this Liz has done. Seemingly with ease. Not only is her style beautiful, but she keeps the reader on the edge of their seat from page one until the completely unexpected ending. I read Lying in Wait in one sitting and even postponed an appointment in order to finish it. I just couldn’t bear the suspense. I absolutely loved it.”
— Amanda Redman