{"product_id":"her-prodigal-husband","title":"Her Prodigal Husband","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the award-winning author of the internationally-bestselling Brigid Quinn thrillers, which have been translated into twenty languages, comes this gripping series spin-off: an upmarket novel of domestic suspense about a pair of sisters nicknamed Malice and Lethal, and a husband who vanishes into thin air, only to reappear and throw a bomb into both their lives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Einstein - known as \"Malice\" to her former schoolfriends - likes to tell herself stories. There''s a good one she''s workshopping about how, despite once being a critically acclaimed literary novelist, she''s ended up blocked and uninspired, living in her timid, conflict-averse sister \u003cspan\u003eLiesl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e''s spare room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then \u003cspan\u003eLiesl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sends her an SOS worthy of a thriller novel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe horror! The horror! Sam is back.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam, \u003cspan\u003eLiesl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e''s wealthy ex-husband, vanished ten years ago, leaving her a chunk of money but no explanation. Sam is handsome, charming, manipulative . . . and now he claims he''s sick. But Alice, with her experience of spinning tales, knows a liar when she sees one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaunted by a childhood tragedy that gave birth to the cruel nickname \"Lethal\", \u003cspan\u003eLiesl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e now specialises in saving things: dogs, children, sisters. Telling herself it''s time she returned the favor, Alice engages the services of Brigid Quinn, a hardboiled local private investigator with a shady past, to help her get rid of Sam for good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as the plot thickens, Alice begins to wonder if she knows anyone involved - most of all herself - quite as well as she thinks . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePacked with quirky, colorful characters, and with a nail-biting, slowburn plot, Her Prodigal Husband is a nail-biting novel of domestic suspense that raises thought-provoking questions about self-deception, the power of stories, and what it means to be a family, and marks the long-awaited return of Brigid Quinn, \"one of the most memorable FBI agents since Clarice Starling\" (Publishers Weekly).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195766940030,"sku":"NW9781448311989","price":18.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781448311989.jpg?v=1778542126","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/her-prodigal-husband","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}