'She is simply a brilliant novelist, an unflinching chronicler of life in America right now.' Gillian Flynn'Laura Lippman is the closest writer America has to Ruth Rendell.' Stephen King'When you reach for one of her books, you know you will be lost to your world for a bit, and totally immersed in hers.' Daily MailHow can a woman who never existed come back to haunt you?Gerry Anderson has been having trouble sleeping. He's unwell - bed-bound - and has only his night nurse and his PA for company. But what's really troubling him are the phone calls. Phone calls from a woman claiming to be the'real' Aubrey.But that can't be. Aubrey's just a character Gerry made up in a book, years ago.Can Gerry see past the ever-blurring lines of fact and fiction and figure out who is threatening him, or has his long-overdue moment of reckoning finally arrived?

Laura Lippman's novels have won many crime fiction prizes, including the Edgar, Anthony and Agatha Awards. Sunburn(2018), was nominated for the CWA Gold Dagger Award and was a Waterstones Book of the Month. Her most recent novel Lady in the Lake (2019) featured in numerous Best of Year Lists.