Between the Lies
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I look back once more at Andrew. I picture Joshua at his side, imagine him sitting on the beach alongside his father. If only I could go back, undo the things I’ve done. But I can’t. The past is lost. You can never get it back. Now it’s about the future, finding a new life. A new me, a mother again. I turn, look towards the horizon. And as I close my eyes and take a deep breath, I let myself slip silently beneath the waves.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Book two was always going to be tough, writing under contract for the first time in my life. It proved to be tougher than I anticipated, and a vast number of people are responsible for helping me over the finish line. In no particular order, these are my most sincere thanks.
To all those at Headline, both past and present. Emily Griffin, Kate Stephenson, and Toby Jones, three wonderful editors who all played their part. Sara Adams, thank you for the consistency and support, including your input when it came to the title, and the reminder that my acknowledgements were due prior to printing. Thank you also to Millie Seaward, Jo Liddiard, and the rest of the team who have helped make this book the very best it can be. To everybody at the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV, and Film Agency for your constant belief and editorial support. I am so lucky to have so many great minds and such expertise in my corner.
To my family, as always, those near and far, thank you for the constant encouragement and photographs of supermarket bookshelves. I am indebted and incredibly lucky. To Theo and Themis, you are growing into such wonderful people, and I’m thankful to have you in my life. You make me so proud to be a small part of it. Stasinos, my best friend, my lover, my husband, and now my child’s father. You mean more to me today than you ever have before. Tap tap, more than yesterday, less than tomorrow.
And to Lelia. You were nothing more than a dream when I began writing this book, and by the time my edits came back my constant companion nestled into my chest, sleeping across one arm. You were the thing I dared to dream of and yet never truly believed would happen. This book, and everything since the day you came into my life, is for you.
ALSO BY MICHELLE ADAMS
If You Knew My Sister
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MICHELLE ADAMS is a British writer living abroad in Cyprus. She is a part-time scientist and has published several science fiction novels under a pseudonym, including a YA dystopian series. If You Knew My Sister (published as My Sister in the UK) is her first psychological thriller. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Acknowledgements
Also by Michelle Adams
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
BETWEEN THE LIES. Copyright © 2018 by Michelle Lisa Theodorou. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Adams, Michelle, 1981– author.
Title: Between the lies / Michelle Adams.
Description: First U.S. Edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2019. | First published in Great Britain by Headline Publishing Group, an Hachette UK company in 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018045702 | ISBN 9781250308948 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781250109507 (ebook)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PR6101.D3635 B48 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
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First published in Great Britain by Headline Publishing Group, an Hachette UK company
First U.S. Edition: March 2019