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By Hallie Ephron

There was once An outdated Woman via Hallie Ephron is a compelling novel of mental suspense during which a tender girl turns into entangled in a terrifying net of deception and insanity regarding an aged neighbor.

When Evie Ferrante learns that her mom has been hospitalized, she unearths her mother’s condominium in chaos. Sorting via her mother’s property, Evie discovers gadgets that don’t relatively belong there, and starts to elevate questions.

Evie renews a friendship with Mina, an aged neighbor who could recognize extra approximately her mother’s fresh actions, yet Mina is having her personal set of difficulties: Her nephew Brian is making an attempt to cajole her to maneuver to a senior care neighborhood. As Evie investigates her mother’s activities, a darker tale of deception and insanity related to Mina emerges.

In There used to be an previous Woman, award-winning secret writer Hallie Ephron grants one other paintings of household noir with actually unforgettable characters that would hold you riveted.

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I can tell you that right now, without having to interview them. ” She nudged her little round scholar‟s glasses back up to the bridge of her nose. “But in order to do that, they need a strategy. A survival strategy. ” Laughter rumbled in Alex‟s chest but he refused to give in to it. This was not a laughing matter, damn it. He absolutely refused to be charmed by Caitlin Summers, no matter how pretty, no matter how smart she was. She was going to be a burden and a distraction. He was going to open the doors of his station house to her under duress and onl y because Ray Avery had asked him to.

Lightened up a little. ” Ben‟s eyes bored directly into hers. ” ***** In the early afternoon, while Caitlin was finishing her second interview with Kathy Martello, Alex showed up. Caitlin was startled. She‟d already told him she was planning on leaving early and taking Saturday and Sunday off. Her plan was to take the 2:30 bus back to the hotel, go over her notes and write them up. Over the weekend, she‟d take the bus into town for her meals. There certainly wasn‟t anyplace in Riverhead she‟d trust enough to eat in.

There was something hugely annoying under his hand, keeping him out. Impatient, he tugged viciously, barely noticing the ripping sound because his fingers were there, sliding through the soft, wet heart of her. Softer than the finest silk. He outlined her with the tip of his finger. She moaned when he entered her with one finger, then two. The sound of her moan echoed in his mouth. She was so wet and so impossibly tight. His entire world had narrowed to his mouth, his cock and his fingers. There was no way he could get his cock in her without stretching her first.

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