Showing results for title "Blood Orange", by author "Harriet Tyce" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise - she's just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems...Just one more night. Then I'll end it. Alison drinks too much. She's neglecting her family. And she's having an affair with a colleague whose taste for pushing boundaries may be more than she can handle. I did it. I killed him. I should be locked up. Alison's client doesn't deny that she stabbed her husband - she wants to plead guilty. And yet something about her story is deeply amiss.

Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise - she's just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems. Just one more night. Then I'll end it. Alison drinks too much. She's neglecting her family. And she's having an affair with a colleague whose taste for pushing boundaries may be more than she can handle.

Je sais que c'est mal. Mais je ne peux pas m'en empêcher. Alison Wood est avocate pénaliste. À mesure que sa carrière décolle, sa vie familiale se dégrade : elle passe ses journées à plaider et ses soirées dans les bars pour décompresser. Patrick, un collègue avec qui elle entretient une liaison toxique, souffle le chaud et le froid et l'humilie tout autant qu'il se sert d'elle. Pourtant, Alison n'arrive pas à décrocher.

Sadie loves her daughter and will do anything to keep her safe. She can't tell her why they had to leave home so quickly - or why Robin's father won't be coming with them to London. She can't tell her why she hates being back in her dead mother's house, with its ivy-covered walls and its poisonous memories. And she can't tell her the truth about the school Robin's set to start at - a school that doesn't welcome newcomers. Sadie just wants to get their lives back on track.