Lying In Wait By Liz Nugent

[amazon_link id=”1844883639″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’Lying In Wait’ is the latest book by Irish author, Liz Nugent.

Lydia Fitzsimons lives in the perfect house with her adoring husband and beloved son. There is just one thing Lydia yearns for to make her perfect life complete, though the last thing she expects is that pursuing it will lead to murder. However, needs must – because nothing can stop this mother from getting what she wants.

‘Lying In Wait’ is the second book from Liz Nugent after her first book, the award winning crime thriller, ‘Unravelling Oliver’ and her second is just as intense and atmospheric.

The story is set in Dublin in 1980’s when Lydia Fitzsimmons is desperate for another child, but unable to have another one, she hires the help of Annie Doyle, a troubled, young prostitute who ends up dead. With blood on her and her husband’s Andrews hands, the pair hide Annie’s death from the world and carry on with their lives as best they can. Meanwhile, their only son Lawrence suspects something but nothing is ever done about it. Annie’s family report the girl missing but she is never found and her sister Karen is certain that someday her sister will turn up explaining her absence.

Seen through the narrative of the three main characters of the story, Lydia, Lawrence and Karen, the story is written from the perspective of the murderer, the murderers son and the victim’s sister and tells how one person wants the problem to go away whilst another person is desperate to find answers.

The voices are distinct, particularly Lydia, who to the outside world leads a privileged and pampered life, but once we delve deeper into her past with family secrets deeply hidden, we see a troubled character who shows little or no remorse for her actions and the consequences. She controls and manipulates her son, leading him to believe that she is a poor, weak woman but she is incredibly vindictive with her motives. Lawrence feels sorry for his mother, but he sees through her actions and knows that she isn’t as innocent as she makes herself out to be. Meanwhile, on the other side of Dublin, we meet Karen, Annie’s sister, a sophisticated young woman, plucked from obscurity to become a model, she believes her sister wouldn’t just disappear and is determined to find out what really happened.

‘Lying In Wait’ is a cleverly observed and written psychological thriller that pulls the reader in, with a dark and intricate storyline. Set against the poverty stricken background of 1980’s Dublin, this tense and eerie setting is the perfect location for this twisty and chilling tale with an ending that leaves the reader astounded.

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