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The Guilty Mother

By: Diane Jeffrey
Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson, Philip Stevens
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Summary

She says she’s innocent.
DO YOU BELIEVE HER?

2013

Melissa Slade had it all: beauty, money, a successful husband and beautiful twin babies. But, in the blink of an eye, her perfect life became a nightmare – when she found herself on trial for the murder of her little girls.

PRESENT DAY

Jonathan Hunt covered the original Slade Babies case for the local newspaper. Now that new evidence has come to light, Jon's boss wants him back on the story to uncover the truth.

With Melissa's appeal date looming, time is running out. And, as Jon gets drawn deeper into a case he’d wanted to forget, he starts to question Melissa's guilt.

Is Melissa manipulating Jon or telling him the truth? Is she a murderer, or the victim of a miscarriage of justice?

And if Melissa Slade is innocent, what really happened to Ellie and Amber Slade?

©2019 Diane Jeffrey (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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"Stayed up late finishing this, just had to know what happened, brilliant final twist! Gripping page-turner with great characters." (Sunday Times best-selling author B A Paris) 

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Brilliant

Twists until the end!
Kept me gripped and intrigued not know who was guilty, can read .

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a good read. although a little predictable in the end. still worth reading. good narration

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Rubbish

Slow and implausible. A silly muddle of meandering subplots that are meant to be red herrings but are just padding. A poor quality nonsense of a book.

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When I started to read this book I didn't want to stop . It is a excellent story and am looking forward to her next book. The best book I have read for along time

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