# Lying in Wait

**Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller!**

_**'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.'**_  
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Lydia Fitzsimons lives in the perfect house with her adoring husband and beloved son.

There is just one thing Lydia yearns for to make her perfect life complete, though the last thing she expects is that pursuing it will lead to murder. However, needs must - because nothing can stop this mother from getting what she wants...

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**'What an extraordinary novel** ... crackles and snaps like a bonfire on a winter's night; you shudder even as you draw closer to it. **Spellbinding.' A J Finn**, bestselling author of _The Woman in the Window_

'_Gone Girl_ fans will love Liz Nugent's _Lying in Wait ..._ it twists, it turns, its characters are utterly despicable and it is **a compulsive triumph' _Stylist_**  
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'A stunningly talented writer' Sophie Hannah**

'Devastating ... exquisitely uncomfortable, **utterly captivating**' _Publishers Weekly_

**'The intricate plotting and jolting suspense hold you in a vice till the last page' _Sunday Times_**

'Clear your diary if you pick up this **seductively sinister story**. The twists come together in a superbly scary denouncement which delivers a final sting in the tail. **Brilliantly macabre' _Sunday Mirror_**

'Brilliant plotting ratchets up the tension in this **chilling tale of obsessive love, madness and motherhood' _Woman & Home_  
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'The wit is sharp and the plot **full of punishing twists' _The Times Crime Club_  
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_'_**An unputdownable psychological thriller** with an ending that lingers long after turning the final page' _Irish Times_

'Lydia is a Gothic villain for the ages ... **a page-turner chock full of lies and betrayals**' _Kirkus Reviews_

'An excellent example of "Domestic Noir" ... excitement and curiosity mount until you realise you can't put the book down. Highly recommended' _Literary Review_

'**A tense, taut, almost gothic thriller** where the tension tightens to near unbearable proportions ... impossible to stop reading. **A brilliantly written, stand-out novel' Marian Keyes**

**'Deliciously twisted ... truly chilling' Sarah Hilary**

'**Liz Nugent's characters are as unforgettably monstrous** as they are believable. A superbly crafted novel and an absorbing portrait of the purest kind of evil' **Jane Casey**

'It spoils nothing to tell you now that Lydia and Andrew Fitzsimons have murdered a young prostitute. Read this **dark, captivating psychological thriller** to find out why' _People Magazine_

'I thought it impossible to match the brilliant _Unravelling Oliver_, but this Liz has done. Not only is her style beautiful, but she **keeps the reader on the edge of their seat from page one** until the completely unexpected ending. I read _Lying in Wait_ in one sitting. I just couldn't bear the suspense. **I absolutely loved it**' **Amanda Redman**

'She writes compellingly, creates posh sociopaths like no-one else and doesn't flinch when the end demands what it demands. **_Lying In Wait_ is a story you genuinely should not miss' Rick O'Shea**, RTÉ

## Details

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- **Vendor:** Penguin Books, Limited
- **Type:** Liz Nugent

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