Lexie Elliott has been writing for as long as she can remember, seriously focusing on it after a significant career shift. Following success in short story competitions, she embarked on crafting her first novel. Her work delves into compelling narratives, exploring themes with a distinctive voice that has captivated readers. Elliott's approach blends meticulous storytelling with a profound understanding of human experience.
A remote mountaintop academic retreat in the French Alps turns deadly as a widowed Oxford fellow races to solve the dangerous secrets her husband left behind in the newest psychological suspense novel from the author of R&J; pick How to Kill Your Best Friend.
If you thought your best friend deserved to die, could you kill her? From the author of The French Girl comes a novel full of secrets, suspense, and deadly twists.
When Ailsa returns to her childhood home, an eerie sense of danger overwhelms her. Her unease only grows when she notices small things out of place and the odd fact that no animals will step foot on the grounds of the house… Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago—her father. Leaving London behind to settle the inheritance, Ailsa returns to the manor, nestled amongst the craggy peaks of the Scottish Highlands, joined by the half-sister who's practically a stranger to her. Ailsa can't escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself watches her—as if her dramatic past hungers to consume her. When the first nighttime intruder shows up and the locals in the isolated community pry into her plans for the manor, Ailsa grows terrified that escaping the beautiful old home will cost her everything.
A dark and exhilarating debut novel of psychological suspense - when the French girl came calling, everything fell apart...