The Death Of Us: A Novel

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From the award-winningauthor of Death at Greenway and The Lucky Onecomes a chilling suspense novel in whichthe discovery of a submerged car in a murky pond reveals betrayals and family secrets that will tear a small town apart.

One rainy night fifteen years ago, a knock at the door changed Liss Kehoes life forever.

On that night, Ashley Hay stood on Lisss front porch and handed over her brand-new baby Callan.

She was never seen or heard from again.

Since then, Liss has raised Callan as her own, and loves him as fiercely as any mother would. But in the back of her mind, shes always wondered whether Ashley is still out there somewhereand feared what might happen if she comes back.

When Ashley does reappear, its not in the way Liss expected. After all these years, Ashleys car has been found... in the quarry pond on Kehoe property. But the discovery of the car dredges up more questions than answers. What really happened on the night of Ashleys disappearance Was it a tragic accident, or something far more sinister Someone in town knows the truth, and theyll go to great lengths to keep it quiet.

As tensions rise in the small community, Liss must fight to protect her family and keep her own secrets hiddenor risk losing everything she loves.

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Lori Rader-Day's "The Death of Us" is a deftly crafted, winding road of family secrets, unsolved disappearance, murder, betrayal, and complicated lives caught in the crosshairs of suspicion and lies. Masterful. Riveting. What a ride! -- Tracy Clark, author of the Cass Raines and Det. Harriet Foster series, and winner of the Sue Grafton Memorial Award

"Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforces the message that everyone counts." -- New York Times Book Review on Death at Greenway

"Chicago author Lori Rader-Day pays a fictional tribute to Christie in Death at Greenway, a suitably suspenseful novel in which World War II nurses tend to London-evacuated children at the absent mystery writer's holiday home; the owner's occupation takes on added significance when the corpse of a murder victim is found on a nearby beach." -- Wall Street Journal

"Richly nuanced mystery . . . Rader-Day nicely evokes the isolation and dislocations of people in WWII Britain while revealing her characters' complexities. Despite the many allusions to Christie's life and work, she eschews an artificially neat conclusion. Fans of both Christie and Rader-Day will relish this." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Death at Greenway

"Two strangers with secrets, ten little children evacuated from London, and a stay at Agatha Christie's country house make for a deliciously compelling mystery. With its flawed, complex heroine, haunting evocation of wartime England, and a series of plot twists and breathtaking reveals, Rader-Day's newest is a triumph." -- Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times bestselling author, on Death at Greenway

"Death at Greenway is a book Lori Rader-Day was born to write. The characters are deeply moving, the suspense and World War II research are impeccable. The language, as is always the case with Rader-Day, is beautiful, but in Greenway, she shows her suppleness: her pitch-perfect dialogue brings England in the Blitz to life." -- Sara Paretsky

"A gorgeous evocation of World War II England, a moving investigation of love and hope under trial, a twisty murder mystery that would have satisfied Dame Agatha herself--all proof that Lori Rader-Day's gifts translate to all eras. What a delicious book." -- Louis Bayard, author of The Pale Blue Eye on Death at Greenway

"Well-crafted and multi-layered, Death at Greenway is a vivid portrait of a woman trying to outrun her past in hopes of finding her place in a broken world." -- Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author

"A wonderfully atmospheric, beautifully written and entirely credible evocation of wartime Britain." -- Ann Cleeves, internationally bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera series, on Death at Greenway

"One of crime fiction's strongest and most compelling voices." -- Alex Segura, acclaimed author of Blackout on The Lucky One

"Rader-Day creates deeply believable, empathetic characters and puts the power in the hands of women." -- Publishers Weekly on The Lucky One

"Lori Rader-Day's latest thriller transcends its clever premise." -- Chicago Tribune on The Lucky One

"Another harrowing nightmare by a master of the sleepless night." -- Kirkus Reviews on The Lucky One

"I was riveted from page one by this complex, psychologically astute tale of betrayal and hope with twists that keep coming up until the final breathtaking reveal." -- Hallie Ephron, New York Times bestselling author of Careful What You Wish For on The Lucky One

Author Bio

Lori Rader-Day's debut mystery, The Black Hour, won the 2014 Anthony Award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her second novel, Little Pretty Things, received a starred review from Booklist and was named a 2015 "most arresting crime novel" by Kirkus Reviews. She lives in Chicago.