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The Woman Inside
By (Author) M. T. Edvardsson
Pan Macmillan
Macmillan
13th June 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and / or mystery fiction
Fiction in translation
Family life fiction / Stories about family
Narrative theme: sense of place
839.738
Paperback
384
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 33mm
472g
Bill, a widowed single dad, has urgent bills to pay when he rents out a room in his apartment to Karla. Karla left home to study law and, in need of cash, begins working as a cleaner for a doctor and his wife. But inside their palatial house it's clear that something is wrong with the wife who never leaves her bedroom. Jennica is single and career-less when she meets her perfect match on Tinder. But just as she thinks her luck is changing, she finds out that he is hiding secrets of his own . . . In a few short weeks, the doctor and his wife will be found dead in their home and the questions will begin . . . Ordinary people will do things they never thought possible when faced with extraordinary circumstances, and the woman inside the house will hold the key to it all . . .
A super well-composed chamber drama, where the darkness dwells, the desperation grows between the characters and the walls are closing in until you're caught in the trap. -- Lars Kepler, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Sandman
A deceptive and riveting novel. A Nearly Normal Family will make you question everything you know about those closest to you -- Karin Slaughter on A Nearly Normal Family
Tore through this in a matter of days! Deadly secrets, divided loyalties and a dysfunctional family under unbearable strain as layers of deceit are peeled away one by one. A cracking read! -- T M Logan on A Nearly Normal Family
An utterly compelling premise with wonderful writing. The characters . . . are so achingly real that one holds ones breath with them. This is a layered, intelligent novel that will force any parent to consider exactly how far they would go to protect their child -- Fiona Cummins on A Nearly Normal Family
A canny, intensely suspenseful legal thriller -- Scott Turow on A Nearly Normal Family
Any parent . . . and every teenager . . . will be gripped by this book. I couldn't put it down and the author skillfully keeps you guessing until the very last line -- Michelle Frances on A Nearly Normal Family
Page-turner . . . peels away the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect, revealing just how flimsy those pretenses can be - one of the top seven thrillers for the summer -- The New York Times on A Nearly Normal Family
M. T. Edvardsson is a writer and teacher from Trelleborg, Sweden. His break-out psychological suspense novel A Nearly Normal Family was a huge international success. The novel established Edvardsson as one of the major suspense writers from Sweden. Edvardsson lives with his family in Lddekpinge, Sweden.