The mother-in-law
Record details
- ISBN: 1432858912 (large print) (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781432858919 (large print) (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1432858912 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781432858919 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781432858919 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1432858912
- Physical Description: 443 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | From the moment Lucy met her husband's mother, Diana, she was kept at arm's length. Diana was exquisitely polite, and properly friendly, but Lucy knew that she was not what Diana envisioned. A pillar of the community, an advocate for social justice who helped female refugees assimilate to their new country, Diana was happily married to Tom, and lived in wedded bliss for decades. Lucy wanted so much to please her new mother-in-law... five years ago. Now, Diana has been found dead, a suicide note near her body. It claims that she no longer wanted to live because of a battle with cancer-- but the autopsy finds no cancer, only traces of poison and suffocation. -- adapted from back cover |
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Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Domestic fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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- 5 of 5 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | LP MYS HEP (Text) | 34014141714452 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | LP FIC HEPWORTH,S (Text) | 34026141873922 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Ridgefield Library | LP FIC HEPWORTH (Text) | 34010144434031 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Salem Free Public Library | LP FIC HEP (Text) | 33640143768798 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Woodbury Public Library | LP FIC HEPWORTH (Text) | 34018143900621 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Summary
The Mother-In-Law
A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband's mother, she knew she wasn't the wife Diana had envisioned for her perfect son. Exquisitely polite, friendly, and always generous, Diana nonetheless kept Lucy at arm's length despite her desperate attempts to win her over. And as a pillar in the community, an advocate for female refugees, and a woman happily married for decades, no one had a bad word to say about Diana...except Lucy. That was five years ago. Now, Diana is dead, a suicide note found near her body claiming that she longer wanted to live because of the cancer wreaking havoc inside her body. But the autopsy finds no cancer. It does find traces of poison, and evidence of suffocation. Who could possibly want Diana dead? Why was her will changed at the eleventh hour to disinherit both of her children, and their spouses? And what does it mean that Lucy isn't exactly sad she's gone? Fractured relationships and deep family secrets grow more compelling with every page in this twisty, captivating new novel from Sally Hepworth. Praise for Sally Hepworth: "With jaw-dropping discoveries, and realistic consequences, this novel is not to be missed . Perfect for lovers of Big Little Lies. " -- Library Journal , starred review "Hepworth deftly keeps the reader turning pages and looking for clues , all the while building multilayered characters and carefully doling out bits of their motivations." -- Booklist