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Lying in Wait

Liz Nugent

Start date: September 1, 2018

Finish date: September 3, 2018

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Mar 15, 2016 Clare rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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With thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

Lying in Wait is Liz Nugent's second book. Her first book Unravelling Oliver is on my ever teetering TBR pile, but not for much longer.

I knew I would enjoy this book from the first sentence. 'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it'.

I do not want to give you too many spoilers and ruin this book for you. The story begins in 1980. Andrew a judge meets Annie Doyle a With thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

Lying in Wait is Liz Nugent's second book. Her first book Unravelling Oliver is on my ever teetering TBR pile, but not for much longer.

I knew I would enjoy this book from the first sentence. 'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it'.

I do not want to give you too many spoilers and ruin this book for you. The story begins in 1980. Andrew a judge meets Annie Doyle a local prostitute in his car. Andrew's wife Lydia knows about the meeting and is waiting near by. Andrew has an argument with Annie and she tries to get out of the car. Andrew drags Annie back in the car and nearly strangles her until Lydia stops him. By this Annie is dying so Lydia hits her over the head and kills her.

Andrew falls to pieces and wants to call the local Gardai, Lydia tells him to pull himself together because they have to be home before their son 15yr old Lawrence. Lydia and Andrew put Annie in boot of the car and drive home. Lydia inherited a vast mansion from her father, she decides the best place to bury Annie in their back garden so it won't be discovered.

When Lawrence gets home he is suspicious because his Mum never leaves the house. His suspicions deepen when he finds out that the 'murderer' drives the same type of car as Andrew and wears a trilbee hat like his grandfather's. Lydia asks Lawrence to empty their Hoover bag and he finds Annie's necklace in the bag. Lawrence decides not to go to the Gardai for the sake of his mother who will be destroyed. Andrew is guilty that Annie is buried in their back garden and starts to hit the bottle.

During the course of the story we find out what a evil, manipulative b###h Lydia is. We get a glimpse into Lydia's childhood and how she had a hand in the death her twin sister.

This story is told through POV of Lydia, Lawrence and Karen, Annie's younger sister. This book is not just about the murder of Annie Doyle it also spans the following years when Lawrence is in his twenties . Lying in Wait was a real page turner with an unexpected ending. A big five stars from me. ...more

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May 18, 2020 Eadie Burke rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-2020, read-2020

Andrew, a judge, and Lydia Fitzsimons murder Annie Doyle, a drug-addicted prostitute, and bury her in their garden. Andrew begins to fall apart and Lydia becomes ever more determined to protect their social standing and their son, Laurence. But Laurence is not as innocent as his mother thinks. He‘s obsessed with the dead girl‘s family. This has the makings of a Hitchcock thriller. Need to read another book by Liz Nugent. You need to read this!

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