Her Prodigal Husband

Alice Einstein likes to tell herself stories. There's a good one she's workshopping about how, despite once being a critically acclaimed literary novelist, she's ended up blocked and uninspired, living in her timid, conflict-averse sister Liesl's spare room. But then Liesl sends her an SOS worthy of a thriller novel: Sam is back. Liesl's wealthy ex-husband vanished ten years ago, leaving her money but no explanation. Sam is handsome, charming, manipulative . . . and now claims he's sick. But Alice knows a liar when she sees one. Haunted by a childhood tragedy, Liesl specialises in saving things: dogs, children, sisters. Returning the favour, Alice engages the services of Brigid Quinn, a local PI with a shady past, to help her get rid of Sam for good.

But soon Alice begins to wonder if she knows anyone involved - most of all herself - quite as well as she thinks . . .