The Wrong Mother

the heart-pounding and twisty thriller with a chilling end

Charlotte Duckworth

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Quercus Publishing
11 July 2023

Thriller & suspense; Domestic violence; Family & relationships

'Get ready for a roller-coaster ride with this tense and twisty story of two women with dark secrets' HEAT

One mother on the run. A safe place to hide. But you can't escape the past forever . . .

Faye is 39 and single. She's terrified she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child of her own.

Then she discovers a co-parenting app: Acorns. For men and women who want to have a baby, but don't want to do it alone. When she meets Louis through it, it feels as though the fates have aligned.

But just one year later, Faye is on the run from Louis, with baby Jake in tow. In desperate need of a new place to live, she contacts Rachel, who's renting out a room in her remote Norfolk cottage. It's all Faye can afford - and surely she'll be safe from Louis there?

But is Rachel the benevolent landlady she pretends to be? Or does she have a secret of her own?

'Pulse-pounding' LOUISE MUMFORD

'Had me hooked from beginning to end' 5
* READER REVIEW

'The perfect thriller' EMILY FREUD

'Not to be missed' 5
* READER REVIEW

'Utterly addictive' WOMAN'S OWN

'A thrilling page-turner' 5
* READER REVIEW

'Full of pace, suspense and intrigue' L V MATTHEWS

By: Charlotte Duckworth
Imprint: Quercus Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781529423006
ISBN 10: 1529423007
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 11 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charlotte Duckworth started her career as an interiors and lifestyle journalist. She is the bestselling author of The Rival, Unfollow Me and The Perfect Father. She lives in Surrey with her partner and their young daughter. You can find out more on her website: charlotteduckworth.com.

Reviews for The Wrong Mother: the heart-pounding and twisty thriller with a chilling end

I read The Wrong Mother in two days - it's full of pace, intrigue, and suspense. It also has one of the best characters I've read in a thriller. Charlotte's writing just gets stronger and stronger. I absolutely adored it!! * L V Matthews * An absolutely terrific read. Pulled me in and kept me guessing. Great characters too! * Emma Curtis * Another pulse-pounding read from Charlotte Duckworth! The Wrong Mother is dark, deftly written and impossible not to binge-read in one sitting * Louise Mumford * When Misery met Magpie . . . this is the perfect thriller. Unsettling and sinister. I devoured it. Charlotte's best yet * Emily Freud * A masterfully executed corkscrew of a story and an absolute must-read for thriller fans, who will love it * J A Corrigan * Charlotte Duckworth is becoming a name domestic noir fans look out for. The Wrong Mother is her darkest and most chilling novel to date and will keep you reading until all the threads are untangled * Promoting Crime Fiction * Smart, compulsively readable and with an ending you will not see coming * Woman & Home * A real thrill ride * Heat * A writer at the top of her thriller game * Louise Mumford * A perfect domestic suspense, wonderfully sinister and compelling with a pounding sense of upcoming doom * Caroline Hulse * Modern, smart and fast-paced, this thriller had me hooked from the first page * Ruth Heald * Surprising and original * Lesley Kara * Get ready for a roller-coaster ride with this tense and twisty story of two women with dark secrets' * Heat * Twisty and tense! * Peterborough Telegraph * A brilliant thriller * Closer * Satisfyingly scary and twisty * Irish Independent * Fast-paced, twisty and utterly addictive * Women's Own *