by Paula Daly
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank the following people:
Frankie Gray, Jane Gregory, Stephanie Glencross, Corinna Barsan, Becky Short, Debbie Leatherbarrow, Zoe Lea and Lucy Hay.
About the Author
Paula Daly is the critically acclaimed author of five novels. Her books have been sold in fifteen countries, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year award, and are currently being developed for television. She was born in Lancashire and lives in the Lake District with her husband, three children and whippet Skippy.
Also by Paula Daly
Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Keep Your Friends Close
No Remorse (digital short)
The Mistake I Made
The Trophy Child
Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Paula Daly
* * *
No family is as perfect as they seem.
A husband, three children and a full-time job, so many plates to keep spinning.
No wonder you forgot to pick up your friend’s daughter.
No one’s seen her since yesterday.
She’s not the first to go missing from your small town.
Who’s hiding something?
‘Fiendishly addictive’
GUARDIAN
‘The very definition of a page-turner’
ELIZABETH HAYNES
Keep Your Friends Close
Paula Daly
* * *
Your best friend isn’t who you think she is.
You’ve been friends since university, when you became the people you are today.
You don’t see each other enough but when you do it’s as if you’ve never been apart.
She’s one of the family. You would trust her with your life, your children, your husband.
And when your daughter is rushed to hospital, you’re grateful that she’s stepping in at home, looking after things.
But your best friend isn’t who you think she is. You’re about to find out just how wrong you were.
‘Utterly gripping, fast paced, and scarily believable’
LESLEY PEARSE
‘Deliciously dark and addictive. I defy anyone who starts it not to race through the pages until they reach the final, brilliant twist’
COLETTE MCBETH
The Mistake I Made
Paula Daly
* * *
We all think we know who we are. What we’re capable of.
Roz is a single mother, a physiotherapist, a sister, a friend. She’s also desperate.
Her business has gone under, she’s crippled by debt and she’s just had to explain to her son why someone’s taken all their furniture away.
But now a stranger has made her an offer. For one night with her, he’ll pay enough to bring her back from the edge.
Roz has a choice to make.
‘A page-turning thriller with heart’
RENÉE KNIGHT
‘A big-hearted, empathetic novel about ordinary lives and the tremors that can rock them’
GUARDIAN
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