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My Emergency Contact Is Not a Real Person cover

My Emergency Contact Is Not a Real Person

After a minor accident, an adult climbing instructor learns that her emergency contact has been answering for her for years. The name is invented, but the person waiting outside knows which parts of her life she has never questioned.

Psychological thriller
The Widow Who Invented Her Husband cover

The Widow Who Invented Her Husband

In 1867, an insurance clerk investigates a widow whose husband exists in every ledger except the birth register. A murdered printer has left her marriage certificate unfinished.

Historical mystery
The Five Lives of an Ordinary Liar cover

The Five Lives of an Ordinary Liar

A woman who invented five impressive careers must attend the retirement party arranged by the people she helped through each lie.

Literary fiction