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The Favour

By Nora Murphy
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The Favour follows Leah Dawson and McKenna Hawkins, two smart, professional women living parallel lives in a sunny, prosperous neighbourhood. Though strangers, both are trapped in marriages dictated by the need to be the "perfect wife," enduring their own personal hells crafted by their husbands. Their paths cross, revealing shared secrets and pain. Neither narrator is unreliable; their truth is raw, dark, and compelling. This tense thriller explores the lengths to which women will go when pushed to the edge.
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Ideal for readers of psychological thrillers and domestic noir who appreciate dark, character-driven crime stories exploring complex relationships and the consequences of secrets and deception.

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The Favour is a dark domestic-suspense debut from Nora Murphy – for those who enjoyed Harriet Tyce’s Blood Orange, Louise Candlish and B. A. Paris’s Behind Closed Doors.

Leaving would be dangerous. Staying could be worse.

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'Taut, compelling and deliciously dark' - B. A. Paris

Leah Dawson and McKenna Hawkins had a lot in common, but they had never met.

They are smart, professional women living in the same sunny, prosperous neighbourhood in lovely houses with picket fences and beautiful gardens. And they were both married to successful, good-looking men who both seem bent on having the perfect wife.

They don't ever find themselves in the same train carriage or meet accidentally at the gym or in the coffee shop. And they don't ever discuss their problems and find common ground.

But they do cross paths. And they see something each recognises in the other.

That they are living in hell.

Neither narrator is unreliable. They always tell us the truth. And their truth hurts. A lot. Because these two attractive, intelligent professional women are living in a hell of their husband's making. And there is no way to get out of hell. Is there?

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Praise for The Favour: "Taut, compelling and deliciously dark" – B. A. Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors. "Dark, unsettling, brave and compassionate" – Victoria Selman. "A beautifully written yet chilling glimpse behind the curtain of relationships gone badly wrong" – Fiona Cummins. "A page-turning debut that will have you questioning the lengths you’d go to save someone else" – Sandie Jones. "A thrilling debut I couldn’t put down" – Shari Lapena. "A brilliant, gripping, dark and superbly written debut" – Gilly Macmillan.

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ISBN: 9781529068832

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 December 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 294g

Pages: 416

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Crime & Thriller Education & Reference Fiction General Fiction Nora Murphy Psychological Thriller

About the Author

Nora Murphy attended law school in Washington, D.C., where she was an editor of Law Review and participated in two clinics, through which she studied the legal issues facing, and represented survivors of, intimate partner violence. She also studied 'professional' perpetrators of domestic abuse - those with high-profile careers or respected positions in society, and the unique challenges faced by their victims. Nora currently practices family law. A voracious reader, avid writer, sometimes sanctimonious vegetarian and devoted animal lover, Nora resides in Maryland with her husband, young son, three cats and two dogs.

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