Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller!

'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.'
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Lydia Fitzsimons lives in the perfect house with her adoring husband and beloved son.

There is just one thing Lydia yearns for to make her perfect life complete, though the last thing she expects is that pursuing it will lead to murder. However, needs must - because nothing can stop this mother from getting what she wants...

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'What an extraordinary novel... crackles and snaps like a bonfire on a winter's night; you shudder even as you draw closer to it.Spellbinding.' A J Finn, bestselling author ofThe Woman in the Window

'Gone Girlfans will love Liz Nugent'sLying in Wait ...it twists, it turns, its characters are utterly despicable and it isa compulsive triumph'Stylist

'A stunningly talented writer' Sophie Hannah

'Devastating ... exquisitely uncomfortable,utterly captivating'Publishers Weekly

'The intricate plotting and jolting suspense hold you in a vice till the last page'Sunday Times

'Clear your diary if you pick up thisseductively sinister story. The twists come together in a superbly scary denouncement which delivers a final sting in the tail.Brilliantly macabre'Sunday Mirror

'Brilliant plotting ratchets up the tension in thischilling tale of obsessive love, madness and motherhood'Woman & Home

'The wit is sharp and the plotfull of punishing twists'The Times Crime Club

'An unputdownable psychological thrillerwith an ending that lingers long after turning the final page'Irish Times

'Lydia is a Gothic villain for the ages ...a page-turner chock full of lies and betrayals'Kirkus Reviews

'An excellent example of "Domestic Noir" ... excitement and curiosity mount until you realise you can't put the book down. Highly recommended'Literary Review

'A tense, taut, almost gothic thrillerwhere the tension tightens to near unbearable proportions ... impossible to stop reading.A brilliantly written, stand-out novel' Marian Keyes

'Deliciously twisted ... truly chilling' Sarah Hilary

'Liz Nugent's characters are as unforgettably monstrousas they are believable. A superbly crafted novel and an absorbing portrait of the purest kind of evil'Jane Casey

'It spoils nothing to tell you now that Lydia and Andrew Fitzsimons have murdered a young prostitute. Read thisdark, captivating psychological thrillerto find out why'People Magazine

'I thought it impossible to match the brilliantUnravelling Oliver, but this Liz has done. Not only is her style beautiful, but shekeeps the reader on the edge of their seat from page oneuntil the completely unexpected ending. I readLying in Waitin one sitting. I just couldn't bear the suspense.I absolutely loved it'Amanda Redman

'She writes compellingly, creates posh sociopaths like no-one else and doesn't flinch when the end demands what it demands.Lying In Waitis a story you genuinely should not miss' Rick O'Shea, RTÉ