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In My House Author: Alex Hourston

ISBN: 9780571316687 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 304 Published: 25 May 2016 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4 Description: This unsettling debut novel tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two very different women, for readers of The Woman Upstairs and Notes on a Scandal.

In the queue for the toilets at Gatwick, a teenage girl catches 57-year-old Margaret Benson's eye in the mirror and mouths the world help. Margaret's reaction leads to the dramatic rescue of the teenager from her trafficker and Margaret becomes a hero.

But when the story gets picked up by the papers, Margaret is panicked by the publicity, as well as the strange phone calls she begins to receive. Meanwhile Anja makes contact. She wants to thank her rescuer, but she also quickly inserts herself into Margaret's lonely life. As their friendship develops, so do questions: who is Margaret hiding from, and what are Anja's true motives? And what is the cost of living a lie?

About the Author

After fifteen years writing strategy for advertising agencies, Alex Hourston took a break to go back to university and her first love, books. She completed a Masters in English...

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