THE WRONG MOTHER

The twisty and addictive thriller from the bestselling author of The Perfect Father

 

One mother on the run.
A safe place to hide.
But you can't escape the past forever . . .

Faye is 39 and single. She's terrified she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child.

Then she discovers a co-parenting app: Acorns. For men and women who want to have a baby, but don't want to do it alone. When she meets Louis through it, it feels as though the fates have aligned.

But just one year later, Faye is on the run from Louis, with baby Jake in tow.

In desperate need of a new place to live, she contacts Rachel, who's renting out a room in her remote Norfolk cottage. It's all Faye can afford - and surely she'll be safe there?

But is Rachel the benevolent landlady she pretends to be? Or does she have a secret of her own?

 
β€œa brilliant thriller”
— CLOSER MAGAZINE
β€œtense and twisty”
— Crime Monthly
β€œfast-paced, twisty and utterly addictive”
— WOMAN'S OWN
β€œenjoyably twisty... this sturdy page-turner beguiles to the end”
— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
β€œa satisfyingly scary and twisty psychological thriller”
— IRISH INDEPENDENT
β€œWhen Misery met Magpie…this is the perfect thriller. Unsettling and sinister. I devoured it. Charlotte’s best yet”
— EMILY FREUD, AUTHOR OF WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND
β€œI read The Wrong Mother in two days - it’s full of pace, intrigue, and suspense. It also had one of the best characters I’ve ever read in a thriller. Charlotte’s writing just gets stronger and stronger. I absolutely adored it!!”
— LV MATTHEWS, AUTHOR OF THE TWINS
β€œAnother pulse-pounding read from Charlotte Duckworth! The Wrong Mother is dark, deftly written and impossible not to binge-read in one sitting”
— LOUISE MUMFORD, AUTHOR OF THE SAFE HOUSE
β€œAn absolutely terrific read. Pulled me in and kept me guessing. Great characters too!”
— EMMA CURTIS, AUTHOR OF INVITE ME IN
β€œA masterfully executed corkscrew of a story and an absolute must-read for thriller fans, who will love it”
— J.A. CORRIGAN, AUTHOR OF THE BAD SISTER
β€œI was engrossed from the first page! A clever, taut and deliciously tense thriller with expertly delivered twists. Hugely enjoyable”
— Alice Hunter, author of The Serial Killer's Wife
β€œFull of twists and tension. I absolutely loved The Wrong Mother”
— CASEY KELLEHER, AUTHOR OF ONLY CHILD

 
 

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