FIVE LITTLE WORDS by Jackie Walsh -psychological thriller

Laura has just had a baby and lives with her husband in a village in Ireland where everyone

knows everyone else. She is new to the area. Her husband has grown up there and is a

major employer running the local brewery. On the night that Laura’s waters broke a woman

in the village was murdered. Amongst the baby congratulations card is an anonymous one

telling Laura that her husband was the murderer. She hasn't known Conor that long but

knows that it couldn't have been him as he was with her all night. She confides in her sister

Amanda, the only relative on her side she is in touch with as we know Laura had a past-

something she thought she had put behind her and desperately wants to keep it that way.

Who would have murdered Vicky and why involve Laura? I got into this very quickly- to

me a sign of wonderful writing and characters that you take to. There are lots of twists

and turns, curveballs along the way to keep the grey matter active. I raced through

this- always a good sign to me of a great book. I liked Laura and felt for her

predicament. A cleverly crafted well thought out plot and one to keep you

turning. 

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Book Description:

..Can destroy your life

'Wow, wow, wow, this book had me guessing all the way to the end!' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review

When new mother, Laura Caldwell, opens the card dropped through her letterbox, she expected to see a heartfelt note, congratulating her on the birth of baby Shay.

Instead, she sees a message that makes her blood run cold. 'Your husband is a murderer.' It couldn’t be true, could it? Not Conor, her adoring husband. He couldn’t be behind the brutal killing of local barmaid, Vicky. Not him.

But while Laura fights to discover the truth about her husband, she’s also holding dark secrets of her own; secrets she’s spent years trying to hide. Could the card be a desperate attempt at revenge – or could her husband really be a murderer? There’s a tangled web between this perfect couple – and the truth might just destroy them...

Author Bio:

Jackie Walsh lives in Dublin with her husband Paul and dog Layla. She is a member of the Irish Writers Centre and The Irish Crime writer’s group. After years spent building her own business she decided to take time out and pursue her interest in writing. With a lot to learn, Jackie attended classes, writing groups and travelled to lots of festivals and launches She secured a publishing deal with Hera Books who published Familiar Strangers and The Secrets He Kept in 2019 and Five Little Words in 2020.

Twitter: @JackieWalsh_ie