The Mother-in-Law in Karen King’s latest
psychological thriller is to die for, due in bookstores at the end of July. You
know the type: Sam Corbett loves Dana
Wynters, but he loved his mother Evelyn first. Evelyn, “a dragon in a twinset
and pearls,” is not going to let him go, insisting that the engaged couple stay
on in the Corbett manor house, and by the way, murder is not out of the
question.
Dana thinks Sam is the perfect man, but his
mother leaves a lot to be desired. Not only does Evelyn try to control everything
about the wedding, but also she seems to be doing everything she can to stop it:
suggesting another woman is more suited for Sam, making Dana feel as though she
could never be part of the family, and accusing her of stealing valuable ruby
earrings. But will she really kill Dana? Well, the book does open with a
wedding-cake-cutting scene, and a bite of the cake that has nuts in it, sending
Dana into anaphylactic shock.
A series of accidents, all happening to Dana,
before the wedding leaves her torn and confused about what is going on. Is her
future mother-in-law really so devious and calculating as to murder Dana rather
than lose Sam? The number of times Dana keeps ending up in the hospital prior
to the wedding as well as on the wedding day itself is enough to cause her to
fear Evelyn.
Then Dana hears a row between Evelyn and her
husband Harold, and a long-held secret about Sam’s birth is overheard. Dana is
not the only one looking into the secret: the housekeeper Ruby is as well as
she is trying to determine what really happened in her own life 35 years ago. The
story all comes together with champagne, wedding cake, and a murderer revealed.
Karen King writes books about “the light and dark of
relationships.” She is working on two psychological thrillers as well as a
romance. Born in Birmingham, England, she now lives in Spain with her husband.
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