Little White Lies: A psychological suspense thriller of grief, betrayal and a marriage gone wrong
<b>'Rips along with a quirky twist on almost ever page' - <i>EVENING STANDARD</i><br><br>THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES<br><br>‘Any other year, summer arrived with the swallows. But this year, the broken body of a bird, left on the porch, serves as an omen of deception, a shadow cast over the days to come…’</b><br><br><b>Beth March’s life seems unexceptional</b>: <b>she and her husband, David, have a conventional, quiet marriage.</b> The opening morning of the nightmare seems like just another day, aside from the unexpected body of the bird…but while Beth showers and prepares for the day, <b>David drives his car at full speed into the path of a lorry.</b> He is killed instantly. From the moment that Beth learns of his fate, her world begins to shatter around her. <b>Nothing in her life can ever be the same again.</b><br><br><b>Was David having an affair?</b> Why did he go behind her back to sell his shares and take out another mortgage — <b>and where is that money now?</b> What dark secrets lie beneath the picture-perfect image of the family down the lane?<br><br>As she unravels<b> the chain of tragic events that preceded her husband’s death</b>, Beth finds herself tossed from side to side on a sea of continually shifting information, <b>never sure what is true and what is not</b>. What seem like little white lies gradually begin to build and build until Beth truly begins to realise <b>the horror of devastating betrayal experienced by everyone involved…</b><br><br><b><i>Little White Lies</i> is an intriguing rollercoaster of suspicion, deceit and the quest for the truth.</b><br><br>Praise for <i>Little White Lies</i>:<br><br><b>‘A riveting page-turner, with totally believable characters and a good, fast-moving plot. A story of betrayal and anguish which lingers on in the mind’ — Tim Manderson, <i>PUBLISHING NEWS</i><br><br>‘rips along with a quirky twist on almost every page’ — <i>EVENING STANDARD</i><br><br>'A brilliant story, well written, twists and turns. I couldn't put the book down.' - </b>★★★★★ <b>Amazon review<br><br>'It’s not often I say this, but Little White Lies by Elizabeth McGregor blew me away.' - </b>★★★★★ <b>Amazon review<br><br>'A startling, chilling psychological thriller where no one is truly innocent' - </b>★★★★★ <b>Amazon review<br><br>Elizabeth McGregor</b> began writing seriously when she won a short story competition in 1987. She has since had over 100 stories and serials published in the UK and abroad, and has worked for both magazines and radio. <i>Little White Lies</i> follows her first two novels, <i>An Intimate Obsession</i> and <i>You Belong to Me.</i>