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Her Two Lives

Nilesha Chauvet

A vigilante predator-hunter finds her work coming too close to home in this heart-pounding debut thriller from an outstanding new voice

£9.99
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571382125
Date Published
27.03.2025
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Summary

‘Such compulsive reading.’ JENNIE GODFREY
‘I devoured it.’ CHRIS WHITAKER

She’ll get them in the end.

She always does.

‘This book was 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 is a good person.

By day, she runs a care home, looking after the elderly and infirm.

By night, she’s a vigilante, posing online as young girls and snaring the men who prey on them, exposing them for what they are.

Rita has successfully kept her two lives separate for years. But when an old classmate returns from her past, her two worlds start to collide. With both of her selves unravelling, Rita will have to choose between justice and revenge.

Is she a force for good – or will she become someone to fear?

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.

Critic Reviews

Deeply impressive . . . an imaginative debut.

Daily Mail
Critic Reviews

A bold, breathless, provocative story of revenge. Smart, incendiary, and deeply, darkly entertaining . . . I devoured it.

Chris Whitaker
Critic Reviews

One of the best books I’ve read all year. It constantly wrong-footed me and then got under my skin in a really terrifying way. Can’t believe it’s a debut - the writing was so assured and the plotting so tight. A seriously impressive book and a unique voice.

Ajay Chowdhury
Critic Reviews

Pacy and absorbing, this is a novel that deals with complex and dark issues, with heart.

L. V. Matthews
Critic Reviews

It’s a long time since I’ve read a thriller that is quite so well written on a subject that I haven’t seen tackled before.

Liz Nugent
Critic Reviews

An assured debut, tautly plotted, with a striking female lead and deft handling of its dark subject matter.

Lisa Ballantyne
NileshaChauvet

Nilesha Chauvet is a British Indian debut novelist writing zeitgeist psychological suspense, crime, and thriller. She is also the Managing Director of GOOD, 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 creative writing at Curtis Brown Creative and City Lit. She read Philosophy…

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