What I Saw and How I Lied Award-winning by Judy Blundell (author) (UK edition)

Red lipstick, sinister strangers, Florida beaches: a twisted thriller straight from a Hitchcock film set. Summer is ending, and Evie’s stepfather is finally home from the Second World War. He is followed by a handsome stranger: an ex-GI who served in combat with Evie’s stepdad. Evie is no longer the little girl her glamorous mother thinks she is. Before long, she has fallen in love with him. She closes her eyes to the uneasy secrets that surround him. Until the hurricane strikes – and he is found dead. Love, murder: Evie’s world has exploded. Now she must betray someone. But who?

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