SUMMER READS
Summer is the perfect time to get lost in the pages of a great read. New Idea has tasters from three terrific un-put-downable new books that are perfect for a holiday escape and guaranteed to keep you enthralled until the very last word.
THE DILEMMA
The million-copy best-selling author of Behind Closed Doors returns with another gripping psychological suspense read about family secrets and an impossible choice. It’s Livia’s 40th birthday and she’s throwing a huge party to make up for the wedding she never had. But as the countdown to the special event begins, it appears both husband and wife are keeping huge secrets from each other.
Livia
It’s the cooling bathwater that wakes me. Disorientated, I sit up quickly, sploshing suds up the sides, wondering how long I’ve been asleep. I release the plug and the drain gurgles, a too-loud sound in a silent house.
A shiver pricks my skin as I towel myself dry. A memory tugs at my brain. It was a sound that woke me, the roar of a motorbike in the street outside. I pause, the towel stretched over my back. It couldn’t have been Adam, could it? He wouldn’t have gone off on his bike, not at this
