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What I Read: The Mother-In-Law by the Amazing @SallyHepworth @stmartinspress #bookbestiesmotherinlaw #bookbestiessmp

This past week I read The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth with the book besties, and can I just say … I loved it!!! Today is just a teaser for you, but don’t fear! I’ll have a full review with LOTS of my thoughts coming at publication date.

Without delay, here are my early reflections…

Gripping and haunting — there’s a poetry to the story told in The Mother-in Law that is so captivating and suspenseful, you will think about it for days after reading it.

Over 24-hours after finishing Sally Hepworth’s TheMother-In-Law, there are still so many nuances I’m left turning over in my mind and unpacking. This is a thought-provoking novel of domestic suspense. I hate to compare it to other authors, though there are a few I see, because Hepworth to me has a truly unique voice and a story that needs to be told.

What this book made me think about the most are the things we don’t say that sometimes can have the biggest impact of all.

There’s more! Check out what my book bestie Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark featured today as well!!!

About the Book

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, 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. But who could fault Diana? She was 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.

That was five years ago.

Now, Diana has been found dead, a suicide note near her body. Diana claims that she no longer wanted to live because of a battle with cancer.

But the autopsy finds no cancer.
The autopsy does find traces of poison and suffocation. 
Who could possibly want Diana dead? 
Why was her will changed at the eleventh hour to disinherit both of her adult children and their spouses?

With Lucy’s secrets getting deeper and her relationship with her mother-in-law growing more complex as the pages turn, this new novel from Sally Hepworth is sure to add to her growing legion of fans.

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

A New Cover…

Since I received my copy, there was actually another cover released for this book, so make sure to head to St. Martin’s Press (who provided my copy with much gratitude from me) to check it out, and then to Amazon to pre-order your copy of this book!

And there’s even more on Sally Hepworth’s webpage!

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