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'I was blown away. The Girlfriend is the most marvellous psychological thriller . . .' - Jilly CooperThe Number One bestselling debut thriller from Michelle Frances.She loves your son. She wants your life. How far would you go to protect your son?Laura has it all. A successful career, a long marriage to a rich husband, and a twenty-three year-old son, Daniel, who is kind, handsome, and talented. Then Daniel meets Cherry. Cherry is young, beautiful and smart but hasn't led Laura's golden life. And she wants it.When tragedy strikes, a decision is made and a lie is told. A lie so terrible it changes their lives forever . . .The Girlfriend by Michelle Frances is a gripping and chilling debut psychological thriller - the story of a mother, a son, his girlfriend and an unforgivable lie.

DEATH IN SAN FRANCISCO . . .Suddenly from across the hall came a cry, sharp, uncanny, terrible. I ran out in the direction from which it had come and stood on the threshold of the Drew dining room. A table was set with gleaming silver and white linen, and in its center stood a cake, on which fifty absurd pink candles flickered bravely.There appeared to be no one in the room. On the other side of the table a French window stood open to the fog, and I went around to investigate. I had taken perhaps a dozen steps when I stopped, appalled.Old Drew was lying on the carpet, and one yellow lean hand, always so adept at reaching out and seizing, held a corner of the white tablecloth. There was a dark stain on the left side of his dress coat; and when I pulled the coat back, I saw on the otherwise spotless linen underneath a great red circle that grew and grew. He was quite dead.I stood erect, and for a dazed uncertain moment I stared about the room. Beside me, on the table, fifty yellow points of flame trembled like human things terrified at what they had seen.