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Who She Was
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The mysterious stranger is perfect. But nobody knows who she is. And nobody can imagine the terrible things she has done to survive. A bonfire burns on a Cornish beach in the middle of the night. Nearby, a young woman waits for morning, and for the...
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The mysterious stranger is perfect. But nobody knows who she is. And nobody can imagine the terrible things she has done to survive.
A bonfire burns on a Cornish beach in the middle of the night. Nearby, a young woman waits for morning, and for the estate agent to arrive with the keys to her new life in the peaceful fishing village. She carries with her no trace of the past she has left behind.
Quickly she becomes an object of fascination among the locals; one in particular finds that he just can't stay away.
But can anyone really have a fresh start? What happened to this woman's old life? And what price did she pay to escape it?
Who She Was by Tony Parsons is a gripping tale of mystery and reinvention that will keep you guessing until the very end.
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ISBN: 9781804941041
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 April 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 292g
Pages: 416
About the Author
TONY PARSONS is a bestselling novelist and an award-winning journalist. His books have been published in over forty languages and his multimillion-selling novel Man and Boy won the Book of the Year prize in 2000. Most recently, he created the Max Wolfe crime series. The Murder Bag, the first Max Wolfe book, went to number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list and in 2023 was voted one of the 100 best crimes books of all time by the readers of Dead Good Books. Tony lives in London with his family.
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