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A Killer in the Family

A Killer in the Family

Summary

Someone in your family isn't who they say they are . . .

Discover the page-turning thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

Aisling's family has never been picture-perfect: abandoned as a child by her father, and still grieving her mother,
Aisling's two sons are all she has left. For years, they'd felt like enough.

Now, she needs answers.

Desperate to find the truth - about her family, and herself - Aisling uploads her DNA to an ancestry website. She soon finds a match.

But instead of her father, she's faced with Detective Jonah Sheens.

He's investigating the latest in a string of murders by a serial killer. Aisling's DNA is a match for the crime scene, leaving the police with three suspects: her long-lost father, and her two sons.

Aisling always swore she'd do anything to protect the little family she has left.

But would she protect a murderer?

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Praise for Gytha Lodge

'Literally makes you hold your breath then gasp out loud' Val McDermid

'Full of corkscrew twists and subtle turns' Daily Mail

'A dark, deep, terrific thriller' Nicci French

'Edge-of-the-seat suspense to the very final scene' Jeffery Deaver


'A novel that literally makes you hold your breath then gasp out loud'
VAL McDERMID

'Gripped me from the first page and kept me turning the pages long into the night' ERIN KELLY

'Smart, moody, intense and tangled. I loved it' GILLIAN McALLISTER

'With clues and twists to keep you absolutely hooked from the first page to the last. I can't wait for her next book' JANE CASEY

Reviews

  • I was completely gripped... Such a clever, twisty mystery. I loved it
    BP Walter

About the author

Gytha Lodge

Gytha Lodge lives in Cambridge with her son. She Lies in Wait, her debut novel, was a Sunday Times bestseller, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and an international bestseller. Set in the New Forest and the surrounding area, Lodge's highly-acclaimed DCI Jonah Sheens series also includes Watching From the Dark, Lie Beside Me, Little Sister and A Killer in the Family. Dead To Me is her first standalone thriller.
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