Thursday, September 28, 2017

Meg's Picks: October 2017, part 3

Today I bring you two compelling novels: one a debut sure to be a favorite, another a favorite sure to be a bestseller. Read on!

The Last Mrs. Parrish, by Liv Constantine. For readers who crave more twisty psychological thrillers (like Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, etc.), look no further than Constantine's debut, about a coolly manipulative woman and the wealthy "golden couple" from Connecticut who become her fixation. Amber Patterson deserves more that what she has; she's tired of being a plain nobody who fades into the background. What she wants is what Daphne Parrish has: money, power, prestige, looks, and a perfect marriage. What Amber has is a plan: to worm her way into the Parrish family's circle, and claim it for her own. What she hasn't counted on? Her own dark past coming to haunt her, and potentially ruin everything. Expect this to be on everyone's reading list in the coming months.

The Trust, by Ronald H. Balson. A new novel from bestselling author Balson (Once We Were Brothers) finds private investigator Liam Taggart returning home for his uncle's funeral, only to uncover that the cause of death may not have been natural after all. Years after a bitter family confrontation drove him away from home, Liam is reluctant to return. When he does, he learns that not only was his uncle shot to death, but that his uncle had foreseen his own violent demise, evidenced by a shocking last will and testament that leaves his entire estate to a secret organization, but that no distributions shall be made until his killer is identified. The investigation draws Liam further and further into a past, and a family, he had abandoned, forcing him to confront all he had left behind...and why.

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