Leave the Lights on
LIV Andersson
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Perfect for fans of Wendy Walker and Samantha Downing, in this thrilling domestic suspense novel, a woman fights to hide her secrets as her life's idyllic façade begins to fall apart. Cape Morgan, Maine, is the utopian ideal for a charmed life, and Beatrice Wicker knows it. The multi-million-dollar house on the sea coast. The joint bank accounts. The safety and security that go along with being married to an esteemed architect and community leader. The scenic coastline, perfect for her ambitious plan to turn an abandoned asylum into an artists' retreat. So what if her husband sneaks off to see his second family now and again? Beatrice is willing to look the other way. It's simply the price she must pay to keep their life together. Josh doesn't realize that Beatrice knows about his other life. That's just one of Beatrice's secrets. And now, that truth--along with a deadly host of other secrets from the past--is about to upend their false paradise. When there's an explosion at the local elementary school playground, and a two-year-old boy is abducted, it doesn't take Beatrice long to make the connection between the missing boy and her husband. It was the son from Josh's other life who was kidnapped, and Josh can't do anything about it without revealing the truth. Helping Josh find his son would destroy the façade of her perfect marriage and could put more children's lives in danger. But that's not all. It would reveal her deeper secret: Beatrice Wicker is not who she claims to be.
Product Details
Price
$31.99
$29.75
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Publish Date
October 17, 2023
Pages
256
Dimensions
5.98 X 9.21 X 1.02 inches | 0.85 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781639105090
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About the Author
Liv Andersson is an author, lawyer, and former therapist whose background has inspired her thrillers and mysteries. She and her husband live in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont with their sons and three dogs.
Reviews
Praise for Leave the Lights On
"A tense story of domestic suspense . . . Fans of Sally Hepworth will enjoy themselves."
--Publishers Weekly "Lots of red herrings and mistaken identities . . . listeners will enjoy the ride."
--Booklist, audiobook review "This action-packed thriller offers plenty of surprises."
--Library Journal, audiobook review "Liv Andersson makes a glaring impact on the genre with a story that is well-constructed, strengthened by a strong narrative core."
--Mystery & Suspense "A compelling exploration of the secrets we'll die to keep, and the secrets we'll kill to bury. Leave the Lights On is the kind of twisty page-turner that will keep you up all night, with, yes, the lights on!"
--Paula Munier, USA Today bestselling author of the Mercy Carr mysteries "How well can you really know anyone? Liv Andersson takes readers on a harrowing journey to the answer in this taut, brilliantly paced psychological thriller full of compelling characters and tight twists that will keep readers turning pages late into the night. I dare you to try and put it down."
--LynDee Walker, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Tell No Lies "Andersson weaves together with silky smoothness multiple story lines over the years, and with a surprise at every turn. This new kind of thriller that is psychological, emotional, and chilling bodes well for Andersson's next masterpiece."
--John Carenen. award-winning author of Keeping To Himself "A poetic inevitability emerges from the dark, secret past of damaged lives forever linked. Taut and, at turns, haunting and terrifying, Liv Andersson's Leave the Lights On twists and turns then twists again, defying readers' expectations and assumptions about naïveté, betrayal, and revenge. Beatrice Wicker is a compellingly imperfect heroine, whose very survival depends on cunning and endurance in a decades-long game of hide-and-seek. Tense, chilling, and absorbing, Leave the Lights On is a superb psychological thriller."
--James W. Ziskin, Anthony, Barry, and Macavity Award-winning author of the Ellie Stone Mysteries. "Leave the Lights On by Liv Andersson is a wonderful, twisty, and delectably chilling novel that explores how past trauma and choices can come back with a vengeance . . . It kept me guessing and glued to the page right until the satisfying last pages."
--Trish Esden, author of the Scandal Mountain Antiques Mystery series Praise for Little Red House
"A beautifully woven thriller full of dark and intense characters, secrets and lies, danger around every corner, and a stunning, jaw-dropping twist."
--Jennifer Hillier, USA Today bestselling author of Little Secrets and Things We Do In The Dark "An expertly-crafted puzzle box . . . Diabolically twisty with an ending you won't see coming."
--Alma Katsu, award winning author of The Fervor and Red Widow "Andersson serves a stunningly sinister tale with a flawlessly executed final twist."
--Laura Oles, Agatha-nominated author of Daughters of Bad Men "The only thing more twisted than the plot are the characters in this harrowing thriller from a bold new voice in suspense."
--Jon McGoran, award-winning author of Drift and Spliced
"A tense story of domestic suspense . . . Fans of Sally Hepworth will enjoy themselves."
--Publishers Weekly "Lots of red herrings and mistaken identities . . . listeners will enjoy the ride."
--Booklist, audiobook review "This action-packed thriller offers plenty of surprises."
--Library Journal, audiobook review "Liv Andersson makes a glaring impact on the genre with a story that is well-constructed, strengthened by a strong narrative core."
--Mystery & Suspense "A compelling exploration of the secrets we'll die to keep, and the secrets we'll kill to bury. Leave the Lights On is the kind of twisty page-turner that will keep you up all night, with, yes, the lights on!"
--Paula Munier, USA Today bestselling author of the Mercy Carr mysteries "How well can you really know anyone? Liv Andersson takes readers on a harrowing journey to the answer in this taut, brilliantly paced psychological thriller full of compelling characters and tight twists that will keep readers turning pages late into the night. I dare you to try and put it down."
--LynDee Walker, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Tell No Lies "Andersson weaves together with silky smoothness multiple story lines over the years, and with a surprise at every turn. This new kind of thriller that is psychological, emotional, and chilling bodes well for Andersson's next masterpiece."
--John Carenen. award-winning author of Keeping To Himself "A poetic inevitability emerges from the dark, secret past of damaged lives forever linked. Taut and, at turns, haunting and terrifying, Liv Andersson's Leave the Lights On twists and turns then twists again, defying readers' expectations and assumptions about naïveté, betrayal, and revenge. Beatrice Wicker is a compellingly imperfect heroine, whose very survival depends on cunning and endurance in a decades-long game of hide-and-seek. Tense, chilling, and absorbing, Leave the Lights On is a superb psychological thriller."
--James W. Ziskin, Anthony, Barry, and Macavity Award-winning author of the Ellie Stone Mysteries. "Leave the Lights On by Liv Andersson is a wonderful, twisty, and delectably chilling novel that explores how past trauma and choices can come back with a vengeance . . . It kept me guessing and glued to the page right until the satisfying last pages."
--Trish Esden, author of the Scandal Mountain Antiques Mystery series Praise for Little Red House
"A beautifully woven thriller full of dark and intense characters, secrets and lies, danger around every corner, and a stunning, jaw-dropping twist."
--Jennifer Hillier, USA Today bestselling author of Little Secrets and Things We Do In The Dark "An expertly-crafted puzzle box . . . Diabolically twisty with an ending you won't see coming."
--Alma Katsu, award winning author of The Fervor and Red Widow "Andersson serves a stunningly sinister tale with a flawlessly executed final twist."
--Laura Oles, Agatha-nominated author of Daughters of Bad Men "The only thing more twisted than the plot are the characters in this harrowing thriller from a bold new voice in suspense."
--Jon McGoran, award-winning author of Drift and Spliced
