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| Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cataraqui Centre | Largetype Fiction Parks | On loan until: 19/Jun/25 | 1 |
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"Playing Away" is Adele Parks's first novel. She has been named by London's "Evening Standard" as one of the twenty faces to watch in the new millennium. She is married & lives in London.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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An exhilarating psychological crime thriller that will have you racing to the finish!
HIS FIRST WIFE DIED. NOW THERE'S A VACANCY...
When Emma meets Matthew, a kind, handsome widower, he seems to be just what she needs.
Yet as their relationship moves fast, Emma's friends worry she might be exploited. She's a rich woman after all.
Emma doesn't care Matthew has no money. But as the memory of his perfect first wife hangs over them, Emma does have one tiny doubt.
If Matthew's wife hadn't died, he wouldn't be with her. And Emma wonders if she's second best. Can she ever fill the dead woman's shoes?
As jealousy and suspicion blossom between Emma and Matthew, events take a darker, dangerous turn.
Suddenly Emma doesn't know who she can trust. Her friends? Her husband? Or even herself...?
Full Record Details Table
| Title Statement | First wife's shadow [text (large print)] / Adele Parks. |
|---|---|
| Series | Thorndike Press large print high octane |
| Author | Parks, Adele |
| Publication | Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company,2025. |
| Edition | Large print edition. |
| Extent of Item | 535 pages (large print) ; |
| ISBN | 9781420515473 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07987049 |
| General Notes | Originally published in standard print format: Toronto, ON : Mira, 2025. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Man-woman relationships--Fiction |
| Trust--Fiction | |
| Widowers--Fiction | |
| By Genre | Thrillers (Fiction) |
| Domestic fiction | |
| Large print books | |
| Psychological fiction | |
| Novels | |
