After dark : a thriller /
Kent, Minka,
After dark : a thriller / Minka Kent. - 277 pages ; 22 cm
Afton Teachout has been an outcast in her small town for twenty years--ever since she was accused of murdering her mother's lover in a blackout fit of rage. That is, if one believes the malicious lies. Living with her grandmother, working a hotel night shift, and relying on pills to get a day's sleep, Afton is due a little luck. It comes in the form of an unexpected financial windfall. With her newfound wealth, Afton sets a secret plan in motion to help her only friend, Sydney, flee a toxic husband. But the best intentions soon spin out of control. Afton is getting unsettling calls from a restricted number, and someone has been lingering outside her home. As Sydney's troubled marriage comes into focus, so does Afton's past. Her second chance--for herself and for Sydney--isn't what she dreamed of at all. In fact, it's becoming a nightmare--Back cover.
9781662511424 1662511426
Lottery winners--Fiction.
Small cities--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.
After dark : a thriller / Minka Kent. - 277 pages ; 22 cm
Afton Teachout has been an outcast in her small town for twenty years--ever since she was accused of murdering her mother's lover in a blackout fit of rage. That is, if one believes the malicious lies. Living with her grandmother, working a hotel night shift, and relying on pills to get a day's sleep, Afton is due a little luck. It comes in the form of an unexpected financial windfall. With her newfound wealth, Afton sets a secret plan in motion to help her only friend, Sydney, flee a toxic husband. But the best intentions soon spin out of control. Afton is getting unsettling calls from a restricted number, and someone has been lingering outside her home. As Sydney's troubled marriage comes into focus, so does Afton's past. Her second chance--for herself and for Sydney--isn't what she dreamed of at all. In fact, it's becoming a nightmare--Back cover.
9781662511424 1662511426
Lottery winners--Fiction.
Small cities--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.