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Her Two Lives

Name: Her Two Lives
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571382125
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A gripping psychological revenge thriller, 'one of 2024's most impressive and thought-provoking debuts'

By Nilesha Chauvet

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'Such compulsive reading.' JENNIE GODFREY 'I devoured it.' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Highly recommended!' HARRIET TYCE She'll get them in the end. She always does. 'Brilliant! . . . Rita is so complex and intriguing. I binged it!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NetGalley review 'Powerful . . . a first class... Read More

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'Such compulsive reading.' JENNIE GODFREY

'I devoured it.' CHRIS WHITAKER

'Highly recommended!' HARRIET TYCE

She'll get them in the end.

She always does.

'Brilliant! . . . Rita is so complex and intriguing. I binged it!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NetGalley review

'Powerful . . . a first class thriller.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NetGalley review

'I could not put this down.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NetGalley review

Rita Marsh has two lives.

By day she cares for the elderly, and by night she hunts down men who prey on young girls. But now a suspect is dead, and the police are on her tail.

When an old school friend shows up with her own dark story to tell, Rita can't help herself being drawn to danger - and her two worlds start to collide.

How far will she go for justice? And how much further for revenge?

Everyone is talking about Her Two Lives:

'Deeply impressive . . . an imaginative debut.' DAILY MAIL

'Got under my skin in a really terrifying way.' AJAY CHOWDHURY

'It's a long time since I've read a thriller that is quite so well written.' LIZ NUGENT

'Tautly plotted, with a striking female lead.' LISA BALLANTYNE

'Never quite goes where the reader expects it to.' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Pacy and absorbing.' L. V. MATTHEWS

'Deliciously dark.' iNEWS

'Kept me on the edge of my seat and guessing until the end.' NINA MILLNS

'Masterful and utterly compelling.' A. E. GAUNTLETT

'A potent thriller for the post-Me Too age.' CHARLOTTE VASSELL

'Engaging and thought-provoking . . . A first-class thriller.' PRIMA

Brimming with edge-of-the-seat tension, powerful emotions and psychological insight, Her Two Lives is one of 2024's most impressive and thought-provoking debuts.' LANCASHIRE POST

Her Two Lives was previously published in 2024 as The Revenge of Rita Marsh.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571382125

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Nilesha Chauvet is a British Indian debut novelist. She is also the Managing Director of The GOOD Agency which advises commercial brands on Purpose, and helps charities raise millions of pounds for good causes. A graduate of Faber Academy, Nilesha has also studied novels and short story writing at Curtis Brown Creative and City Lit. She read Philosophy and Theology at Oxford and was ordained an Interfaith Minister in 2004. Her debut novel Her Two Lives was awarded a prestigious London Writers Award with Spread the Word and was a finalist in the Spotlight First Novel Award.

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