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y separately published work icon The Mother-in-Law single work   novel   thriller  
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 The Mother-in-Law
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'Someone once told me that you have two families in your life - the one you are born into and the one you choose. Yes, you may get to choose your partner, but you don't choose your mother-in-law. The cackling mercenaries of fate determine it all.

'From the moment Lucy met Diana, she was kept at arm's length. Diana is exquisitely polite, but Lucy knows, even after marrying Oliver, that they'll never have the closeness she'd been hoping for.

'But who could fault Diana? She was a pillar of the community, an advocate for social justice, the matriarch of a loving family. Lucy had wanted so much to please her new mother-in-law.

'That was ten years ago. Now, Diana has been found dead, leaving a suicide note. But the autopsy reveals evidence of suffocation. And everyone in the family is hiding something...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Hodder and Stoughton ,
      2019 .
      image of person or book cover 2064791610443951431.jpg
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 23 April 2019 (ebk) / 27 June 2019 (pbk).
      ISBN: 9781473697003 (pbk), 9781473697027 (ebk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      St. Martin's Press ,
      2019 .
      image of person or book cover 7840004298226515216.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 340p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 23 April 2019.
      ISBN: 9781250120922 (hbk)
Alternative title: Svärmodern
Language: Swedish
    • c
      Sweden,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Printz Publishing ,
      2019 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 302p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 14 August 2019
      ISBN: 9789177712138

Other Formats

  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Large print.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

Sally Hepworth on Amy Poehler, Liane Moriarty and Her Six-Times-a-Day Writing Regime Sarah Ayoub , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 10 November 2021;

'The Melbourne writer has penned a bestseller every year since 2015 – one of which was optioned for TV. She discusses her failures and her craft – and why she shuns the housewife-author stereotype' 

Sally Hepworth on Amy Poehler, Liane Moriarty and Her Six-Times-a-Day Writing Regime Sarah Ayoub , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 10 November 2021;

'The Melbourne writer has penned a bestseller every year since 2015 – one of which was optioned for TV. She discusses her failures and her craft – and why she shuns the housewife-author stereotype' 

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