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SeasonalDoubleday Canada Summer 2022
The Life She Had
By (author):
K.L. Armstrong
K.L. Armstrong
Imprint:
Doubleday CanadaISBN:
9780385697668Product Form:
PaperbackForm detail:
Trade
Paperback
, Trade
English
Audience:
General / adult
Jul 19, 2022
$22.95 CAD
Active
Dimensions:
8.24in x 5.5 x 0.86 in | 0.7 lbPage Count:
320 pages
Doubleday Canada
FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
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Instant National Bestseller
A pulse-pounding new thriller from the bestselling author of Wherever She Goes and Every Step She Takes.
If someone were threatening your home, how far would you go to protect it?
A stranger is trespassing in Celeste Turner’s backyard, moving through the shadows around her shed. It could be a harmless backpacker seeking temporary refuge, but experience has taught Celeste to be extra wary. Not wishing to draw unwanted attention, she cannot turn to the police. Celeste is an outsider to this region of rural Florida, and all the locals see is a “city girl” who swooped in to secure her inheritance. But Celeste needs her new life to work, so she must confront her intruder.
To her surprise, she finds out that her unwanted guest is a young backpacker named Daisy. She is polite and friendly, just taking advantage of some shelter as she makes her way through the area. Swiftly, they begin an unlikely and beneficial friendship—Celeste can’t help herself, and besides, Daisy will be moving on soon. Why not take advantage of the extra help?
Both women have secrets they want to keep buried, and when a body is discovered near Celeste’s house, they must move quickly to prove their innocence and protect the lives they’ve built for themselves.
Story Locale: Florida, US
A pulse-pounding new thriller from the bestselling author of Wherever She Goes and Every Step She Takes.
If someone were threatening your home, how far would you go to protect it?
A stranger is trespassing in Celeste Turner’s backyard, moving through the shadows around her shed. It could be a harmless backpacker seeking temporary refuge, but experience has taught Celeste to be extra wary. Not wishing to draw unwanted attention, she cannot turn to the police. Celeste is an outsider to this region of rural Florida, and all the locals see is a “city girl” who swooped in to secure her inheritance. But Celeste needs her new life to work, so she must confront her intruder.
To her surprise, she finds out that her unwanted guest is a young backpacker named Daisy. She is polite and friendly, just taking advantage of some shelter as she makes her way through the area. Swiftly, they begin an unlikely and beneficial friendship—Celeste can’t help herself, and besides, Daisy will be moving on soon. Why not take advantage of the extra help?
Both women have secrets they want to keep buried, and when a body is discovered near Celeste’s house, they must move quickly to prove their innocence and protect the lives they’ve built for themselves.
Story Locale: Florida, US
MORE KELLEY: Wherever She Goes and Every Step She Takes have received excellent support in the market, with strong sales and great media. The Life She Had is the perfect follow-up that will build on this strong foundation.
THE WINNING FORMULA: The popularity of female-led thrillers is only growing, and The Life She Had has it all: complicated and dark relationships, murky pasts, unreliable narrators, and a murder at the centre.
PERFECT SUMMER READ: The summer publishing spot has proven very successful for Kelley’s previous two thrillers, so The Life She Had will stick to this and be one of 2022’s biggest summer reads.
A DEDICATED FOLLOWING: Kelley Armstrong has a following and fanbase like no other, and they love anything she writes. Kelley’s fans will, as they did with WSG and ESST, ardently support this new thriller.
Marketing: US Plans:
Pre-pub promotion on Goodreads
Pre-pub promtion with NetGalley
Advance mailing to trade publications including Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and Kirkus Reviews
Target long lead outlets such as Oprah, People and Entertainment Weekly for review coverage for summer reads round ups
National review attention in outlets such as the New York Times, USA Today, Boston Globe
Explore promotion with BookRiot
Pre-pub promotion on Goodreads
Pre-pub promtion with NetGalley
Advance mailing to trade publications including Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and Kirkus Reviews
Target long lead outlets such as Oprah, People and Entertainment Weekly for review coverage for summer reads round ups
National review attention in outlets such as the New York Times, USA Today, Boston Globe
Explore promotion with BookRiot
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“When two women who are pretending to be someone they’re not, and packing more than secrets and questionable intentions, are set on a twisted collision course in rural Florida, you know it’s going to be one hell of a ride. Not only does K. L. Armstrong immediately hook you with complex, multi-layered characters, snappy dialogue and a seriously creepy setting, but she deftly makes you switch your allegiances multiple times over before finally revealing the truth. A fast-paced, intriguing thriller, which I devoured in a matter of days, this suspenseful and atmospheric novel is an absolute must-read.” —Hannah Mary McKinnon, internationally bestselling author of You Will Remember Me
“Two women with dark secrets, a steamy setting and an abundance of jaw-dropping twists make The Life She Had an absolute page-turner.” —Robyn Harding, bestselling author of The Perfect Family
“Within those first few lines, the tension clamped down and did not let go. Propulsive and sinister, with twists that knocked me sideways. Meet your next binge read. Prepare for sweaty palms.” –Nicole Lundrigan, author of An Unthinkable Thing
“K.L Armstrong’s The Life She Had is an alluring, original suspense about the secrets we keep to protect ourselves. With wickedly clever twists, this relentlessly tense page-turner will spin your mind as you follow the haunting paths to the truth.” —Samantha M. Bailey, USA Today and #1 national bestselling author of Woman on the Edge and Watch Out for Her
