{"product_id":"woman-with-a-secret-a-novel-isbn-9780062393098","title":"Woman with a Secret: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/em\u003e—in the ranks of Ruth Rendell, Deborah Crombie, Kimberly McCreight, and Tana French—makes her William Morrow debut with a dark and chilling psychological thriller in which a woman desperate to hide a devastating secret in her past is drawn into a murder investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraffic on Elmhirst Road has come to a halt. The police are stopping cars, searching for something. Nicki Clements waits patiently, until she glimpses a face she hoped she’d never see again. It’s him—and he’s the cop checking each car. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a panicky U-turn and escapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Nicki’s peculiar behavior did not go unnoticed, and now the police have summoned her for questioning. A resident of Elmhirst Road has been murdered—a controversial newspaper columnist named Damon Blundy. The detectives begin peppering her with questions. Why was she seen fleeing the scene? What is her connection to the victim? Why was the knife that killed him used in such a peculiar way? Why were the words “HE IS NO LESS DEAD” painted on the wall of Blundy’s study—and what do they signify?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne simple answer could clear her. But she can’t explain why she fled Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicki isn’t guilty of murder. But she’s far from innocent. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eShe's a wife.\u003cbr\u003eShe's a mother.\u003cbr\u003eShe isn't who you think she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicki Clements has secrets, just like anybody else—secrets she keeps from her children, from her husband, from everyone who knows her. Secrets she shares with only one person: A stranger she's never seen. A person whose voice she's never heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then Nicki is arrested for murder. The murder of a man she doesn't know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a pair of husband-and-wife detectives investigate her every word, as the media circle like sharks, all Nicki's secrets are laid bare—illusions and deceptions that she has kept up for years. And even the truth might not be enough to save her. For although Nicki isn't guilty of homicide, she's far from innocent. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, and the best of Hitchcock comes an extraordinary thriller—from an author whose work has been described by Tana French as \"like watching a nightmare come to life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Witty and suspenseful...\u003cb\u003emoves with the speed and unpredictability of a pinball\u003c\/b\u003e. The author portions out Nicki’s secrets in ways that both heighten tension and increase sympathy for \u003cb\u003ethis unusual protagonist\u003c\/b\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eHer plots are ingenious\u003c\/b\u003e—she’s a writer in complete command of her material—and it’s O.K. if you haven’t quite kept up. She \u003cb\u003ekeeps you puzzled and intrigued, right until the end\u003c\/b\u003e. [\u003cem\u003eWoman With a Secret\u003c\/em\u003e has] plot that untangles bit by bit, like a flower that does not blossom all at one; a \u003cb\u003estrikingly executed\u003c\/b\u003e and seemingly insoluble crime; a mess of loopy motivations and extreme behavior from guilty and innocent alike; a flawed, difficult heroine; and a great deal of amusing conversation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eHer plots are ingenious\u003c\/b\u003e—she’s a writer in complete command of her material—and it’s O.K. if you haven’t quite kept up. She \u003cb\u003ekeeps you puzzled and intrigued, right until the end\u003c\/b\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing!\u003c\/b\u003e Sophie Hannah puts the ‘psycho’ in psychological suspense with this riveting thriller involving the ultimate closed-door crime scene--and \u003cb\u003ea narrator who is both more and less than what she seems\u003c\/b\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Gardner, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Crash and Burn and Fear Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No one writes \u003cb\u003etwisted, suspenseful\u003c\/b\u003e novels quite like Sophie Hannah. I just love her dry, edgy wit and the way she brings her weirdly wonderful characters to life. \u003cem\u003eWoman With a Secret\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cb\u003eunpredictable, unputdownable, and unlike anything you’ve read before\u003c\/b\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and The Husband's Secret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eKept me guessing at every turn.\u003c\/b\u003e Sophie Hannah...has clearly mastered the psychological methodology [of] \u003cb\u003eGillian Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e or \u003cb\u003eTana French\u003c\/b\u003e. Her unreliable narrator commands our attention and even our sympathy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Witty and suspenseful...\u003cb\u003emoves with the speed and unpredictability of a pinball\u003c\/b\u003e. 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