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"Stunning: so clever, so gripping, so timely." -- Lucy Foley Five men, five stories: unravel the mystery behind Katherine Cole, a woman on trial for murder, in this whip-smart and suspenseful thriller told through shifting perspectives. When four wealthy and influential members are poisoned at London''s most exclusive private club, a young waitress is arrested, and her personal life is picked apart. After the murder accusation, five men begin to question how well they really knew her. To each of them--her father, a reporter, her former lover, her friend, and her lawyer--she is something entirely different. But which is the true face of Katherine Cole? And is she a killer? The truth lies somewhere between these five male perspectives. What follows is a chilling kaleidoscope of a thriller, both a smart courtroom drama and a frightening examination of how one woman can be so ruthlessly deconstructed by the men who know her best--and just what happens when she decides to speak out at last? UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY THAT''S GOT TOP AUTHORS TALKING "So original, thrilling and utterly addictive." -- Alice Feeney "Unique, punchy and super-smart." -- Abigail Dean "Beautifully written, experimental, and fast-paced." -- Gillian McAllister
About the author
Nicci Cloke is the author of eight novels, including two under the pseudonym Phoebe Locke. Her books have been published in twelve languages. She lives in the Cambridgeshire countryside after a decade spent in London, and previously worked as a nanny, a cocktail waitress and a Christmas Elf to support her writing. Before being published, she worked as a permissions manager, looking after literary estates including those of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and T. S. Eliot, and was also communications manager at the Faber Academy.
