The Wrong Mother

'Get ready for a roller-coaster ride with this tense and twisty story of two women with dark secrets' HEAT

One mother on the run. A safe place to hide. But you can't escape the past forever . . .

Faye is 39 and single. She's terrified she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child of her own.

Then she discovers a co-parenting app: Acorns. For men and women who want to have a baby, but don't want to do it alone. When she meets Louis through it, it feels as though the fates have aligned.

But just one year later, Faye is on the run from Louis, with baby Jake in tow. In desperate need of a new place to live, she contacts Rachel, who's renting out a room in her remote Norfolk cottage. It's all Faye can afford - and surely she'll be safe from Louis there?

But is Rachel the benevolent landlady she pretends to be? Or does she have a secret of her own?

'Pulse-pounding' LOUISE MUMFORD

'Had me hooked from beginning to end' 5 READER REVIEW

'The perfect thriller' EMILY FREUD

'Not to be missed' 5 READER REVIEW

'Utterly addictive' WOMAN'S OWN

'A thrilling page-turner' 5* READER REVIEW

'Full of pace, suspense and intrigue' L V MATTHEWS

“PRAISE FOR CHARLOTTE DUCKWORTH: ' Smart, compulsively readable and with an ending you will not see coming'”

I read The Wrong Mother in two days - it's full of pace, intrigue, and suspense. It also has one of the best characters I've read in a thriller. Charlotte's writing just gets stronger and stronger. I absolutely adored it!! L V Matthews
An absolutely terrific read. Pulled me in and kept me guessing. Great characters too! Emma Curtis
Another pulse-pounding read from Charlotte Duckworth! The Wrong Mother is dark, deftly written and impossible not to binge-read in one sitting Louise Mumford
When Misery met Magpie . . . this is the perfect thriller. Unsettling and sinister. I devoured it. Charlotte's best yet Emily Freud
A masterfully executed corkscrew of a story and an absolute must-read for thriller fans, who will love it J A Corrigan
Charlotte Duckworth is becoming a name domestic noir fans look out for. The Wrong Mother is her darkest and most chilling novel to date and will keep you reading until all the threads are untangled Promoting Crime Fiction
Smart, compulsively readable and with an ending you will not see coming Woman & Home

A real thrill ride

Heat
A writer at the top of her thriller game Louise Mumford
A perfect domestic suspense, wonderfully sinister and compelling with a pounding sense of upcoming doom Caroline Hulse

Modern, smart and fast-paced, this thriller had me hooked from the first page

Ruth Heald

Surprising and original

Lesley Kara
Get ready for a roller-coaster ride with this tense and twisty story of two women with dark secrets' Heat
Twisty and tense! Peterborough Telegraph
A brilliant thriller Closer
Satisfyingly scary and twisty Irish Independent
Fast-paced, twisty and utterly addictive Women's Own

Charlotte Duckworth is the USA Today bestselling author of The Rival, Unfollow Me, The Perfect Father and The Sanctuary. Her fifth psychological suspense, The Wrong Mother, was published by Quercus in early 2023.

She started her career working as an interiors and lifestyle journalist, writing for a wide range of consumer magazines and websites.

She also writes contemporary bookclub fiction under the pen name Charlotte Rixon.

Charlotte lives in Surrey with her partner and their daughter.

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