BOOKISH FRIDAY: “THE LYING WIFE”

Welcome to another Bookish Friday, in which we  share excerpts from books…and connect with other bloggers who do the same.

Let’s begin the celebration by sharing Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader; and let’s showcase The Friday 56 with Freda’s Voice.

To join in, just grab a book and share the opening lines…along with any thoughts you wish to give us; then turn to page 56 and excerpt anything on the page.

Today’s feature is one of my new books:  The Lying Wife, by Kathryn Croft.

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Book Beginning:

(Prologue – Now)

I am a wife.  A mother.  A friend.  But now I am also a murderer.

Sitting across from me, his arms folded as he leans forward, DS Connolly shakes his head.  He is a handsome man, but when I look at him, all I see is his label.  Police officer.  He is here to make sure I pay for what I’ve done.

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Friday 56:

The detective’s eyes widen, judgement pouring out.  The kind man I saw glimpses of earlier is slowly disappearing.

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Synopsis: 

Be careful what you wish for…

Callie has known sadness, and sometimes doubted she would ever have the life she wanted. When she meets James, also no stranger to grief, it seems as though her luck has changed. She becomes his wife, and in the process a stepmother to his two sons. Callie has finally got what she always imagined for herself.

But things don’t go to plan for Callie. She tries to get things right, but at every turn she makes mistakes. If she can only show her new family just how much she cares, perhaps everything will be okay. Yet the harder she tries, the more she fails. A split-second decision leads to her spiralling out of control, and there is no way back for Callie.

When the police arrest her for murder, the dark tale of Callie’s shocking fall from grace slowly unfolds. But how much is Callie willing to reveal about the choices she made? If those she cares for the most learn the truth, they will hate her. Will her secrets be her undoing? Or will she tell the truth, no matter the cost?

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What do you think?  Do you want to immerse yourself in this one?

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