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Deception

By: Lesley Pearse
Narrated by: Helen Keeley
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The gripping new novel by the nation's favourite storyteller, Lesley Pearse.

What happens when the person closest to you has led a life of deception?

After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent is approached by a man named Angus Tweedy. He claims to be her father and tells her that he served time in prison for marrying Sally bigamously.

What does he hope to gain telling her this now, 30 years on? How can her adored dad Ralph not be her true father? And why did her mother betray her so badly?

She had accepted Sally's many faults and her reluctance to never speak of the past. But faced with this staggering deception, Alice knows she must uncover the whole truth about her mother.

Whatever the cost.

Alice's journey into her mother's past is one of incredulity as she discovers a woman shaped by a truly traumatic childhood....

©2022 Lesley Pearse (P)2022 Penguin Audio Detective Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Suspense
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I'm a huge lesley fan and have read/listened to all her books. id say this one is one of her more average stories. great without being wow ill never forget it. no huge climax and quite predictable but still enjoyable

easy listen

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I found this book by Lesley Pearce very disappointing, compared to her other books this book lacked a good plot to follow. The characters were really not believable. Very disappointing!

Very disappointing

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loved this book, such a great listen/read from the beginning. the narrator was excellent 👌

what a story! another great book by lesley pearse

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