About the Book
THE PERFECT FRIEND
by Barbara Copperthwaite
releases 5 July, 2018
She’ll do anything for you…
My name is Alex, and my world has been shattered.
My husband has left me.
My children won’t speak to me.
My friend Carrie is the only person I have.
She’s the only one I can trust to keep all my secrets.
She’d never do anything to let me down.
Would she?
This dark, gripping psychological thriller will have you holding your breath until the very last page. Fans of Behind Closed Doors, Sometimes I Lie, and The Girl on the Train will be captivated.
My name is Alex, and my world has been shattered.
My husband has left me.
My children won’t speak to me.
My friend Carrie is the only person I have.
She’s the only one I can trust to keep all my secrets.
She’d never do anything to let me down.
Would she?
This dark, gripping psychological thriller will have you holding your breath until the very last page. Fans of Behind Closed Doors, Sometimes I Lie, and The Girl on the Train will be captivated.
My Thoughts
“We all have locked boxes inside us that only certain people
get the keys to”
From the beginning of Barbara Copperthwaite’s THE PERFECT
FRIEND, there is a premonition that we are not being told the entire story, and
the book’s narrators certainly show their version of events is not always reliable
the further into the story we proceed.
Alex, a recovering anorexic and Carrie, a cancer sufferer,
meet at a support group. Their friendship intensifies rapidly; Carrie is
terminally ill and Alex is determined to help Carrie while she is alive as
atonement for past transgressions.
Copperthwaite’s writing is engaging and pulled me into the
story immediately. I found the story well paced; there are many twists and
turns and while I think some of the secrets were obvious, it didn’t take away
from impact these revelations had at the time they were disclosed in the book.
THE PERFECT FRIEND is the first Barbara Copperthwaite book I
have read and I definitely plan to check out her other books.
About the Author
Barbara Copperthwaite the Amazon, Kobo, and USA Today best-selling author
of psychological crime thrillers INVISIBLE, FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD, THE DARKEST
LIES, and HER LAST SECRET. More importantly, I love cakes, wildlife
photography, and my two dogs, Scamp and Buddy (who force me to throw tennis
balls for them for hours).
Having spent over twenty years as a national
newspaper and magazine journalist, I've interviewed the real victims of
crime - and also those who have carried those crimes out. I'm
fascinated by creating realistic, complex characters, and taking them apart
before the readers' eyes in order to discover just how much it takes to push a
person over a line.
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