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Eine toxische Mischung aus Verführung, Verrat und Schuld

Die angesehene Wissenschaftlerin Yvonne Carmichael führt ein wohlsituiertes Leben mit ihrem Mann in der Londoner Vorstadt. Eines Tages begegnet sie einem Fremden, der sie unwiderstehlich anzieht. Sie lässt sich mit ihm auf eine leidenschaft liche Affäre ein, bis ein Verbrechen ihr sorgsam konstruiertes Doppelleben zerstört und sie des Mordes angeklagt wird.

Schicht um Schicht entfaltet sich nun die wahre Geschichte um Täuschung und Betrug, um all die kleinen und großen Lügen, mit denen wir uns im Leben einrichten. Und es geht um die Fragen: Was sind wir bereit zu opfern und wie weit geht unsere Loyalität, wenn die eigene Existenz und alles, was wir lieben, auf dem Spiel steht? Louise Doughty zeigt uns meisterhaft eine toxische Mischung aus Verführung, Verrat und Schuld.

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A stunning psychological thriller about a respected female scientist and the single reckless decision that leads to her standing trial for murder.

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The bestselling psychological thriller from Louise Doughty

Yvonne Carmichael has a high-flying career, a beautiful home and a good marriage.

But when she meets a stranger she is drawn into a passionate affair.

Keeping the two halves of her life separate seems easy at first.

But she can´t control what happens next.

Shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller and the Specsavers National Book Awards Crime & Thriller of the Year

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Doughty, Louise
Louise Doughty is the author of seven novels, including Apple Tree Yard, published by Faber & Faber UK, which was a top 10 bestseller in UK and Ireland and has been published or is being translated into twenty-two languages. It was longlisted for The Guardian Not-the-Booker prize and shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award and the National Book Awards Thriller of the Year. Apple Tree Yard is her first novel since Whatever You Love, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has also won awards for radio drama and short stories, along with publishing one work of non-fiction, A Novel in a Year, based on her hugely popular newspaper column. She is a critic and cultural commentator for UK and international newspapers and broadcasts regularly for the BBC. She is a former judge of the Man Booker Prize and this year is judging the Costa Novel Prize and was Chair of Judges for the Desmond Elliot Award. Her eighth novel, Black Water, will be published by Faber & Faber UK in June 2016., Black Water is Louise Doughty´s eighth novel. Her most recent book was the bestseller Apple Tree Yard, which sold in twenty-six countries, was shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger and the National Book Awards Thriller of the Year and was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice. A major four-part BBC One adaptation is due to be broadcast in 2016. Her sixth book, Whatever You Love, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She lives in London.

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