The Deceit
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A gripping suburban thriller from the bestselling author of Beneath the Shadows and The Hush
Lenny has always known that his wife, Claire, is the love of his life. But somehow his marriage is in shambles, he's struggling with the kids, and a string of anonymous text messages are tormenting him, insisting that Claire is a liar.
Claire adores Lenny, but there's a lot she hasn't told him about the traumatic events that led her to him, and over the last few years she has gradually closed down. Now she's terrified that the horrors of her past might be about to put her entire family in danger.
However, it's only when new neighbors move in across the road that Claire and Lenny's carefully built facades start to rupture, for these strangers appear to know far more than they should about the couple's troubles. Over the next few days, the lies will be exposed, and everyone's lives will change forever, as the truth about Claire's past finally comes to light.
Sara Foster
Sara Foster writes page-turning psychological suspense thrillers with strong female leads. Her latest novel, When She Was Gone (2025), begins when an au pair and two small children vanish from a remote Australian beach, and is a race-against-time thriller, exploring themes around misogyny, wealth, power and control.
Sara is also the author of the acclaimed dystopian thriller The Hush and seven more bestselling psychological suspense stories: The Deceit (novella), You Don't Know Me, The Hidden Hours, All That is Lost Between Us, Shallow Breath, Beneath the Shadows and Come Back to Me. Two of her novels have been optioned for television, and You Don't Know Me was adapted into a chart-topping drama podcast series by Listnr. Sara has a PhD in creative writing (studying maternal representations in fiction) and lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband, two daughters, three cats, Luna the cavoodle and Sunny the bearded dragon.
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