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- About the Author
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He stands still and reads it. ‘That’s a turn-up for the books.’
‘The fact she’s getting married, or the fact that she’s inviting me to the wedding?’ I ask.
He passes it back to me and smiles. ‘Both. I hope he’s nicer than that dreadful Jono.’
‘He’s certainly more successful. He has an MBA from Harvard and he’s setting up an adventure business in New Zealand; employing her father and brother apparently,’ I reply.
He runs his fingers through his hair. ‘How do you know that?’ he asks.
‘I’ve been in touch with her.’
‘And I thought we were in the doghouse for sacking her.’
‘She’s forgiven us.’
Miles shakes his head. ‘I thought we didn’t trust her, after all the shenanigans with my mother. You shouldn’t have been in touch with her. It’s not a good idea.’
I step towards him and put my hands around him. ‘On the contrary, I trust her now I know the truth of how far Caprice went to encourage my end. How calmly she ignored it.’ I lock eyes with him. ‘I want to go to New Zealand for the wedding. Hayley needs my help and advice, about dealing with a difficult mother-in-law.’
He frowns. ‘What sort of advice?’
‘Oh, just how to cope when you’re constantly being minimised.’ I smile inside. As if I could ever tell him the truth; the best thing to do with a difficult mother-in-law is to poison her, and make it look as if she poisoned herself.
I think about all the women who complain about not being made welcome into their husband’s family. I guess there are millions, even hundreds of millions, of unkind mothers-in-law, all around the world. An epidemic of possessive jealousy.
And I know I need to go to New Zealand to teach Hayley what I learnt from Stan-the-man. The darknet expert. Expensive and discreet. The computer savvy, cover all your sins IT man. A daughter-in-law’s dream.
Acknowledgements
First, I would like to thank my editor, Tilda McDonald, with whom it has been both a pleasure and a privilege to work. Next, the energetic team at Avon, HarperCollins. And then, my agent Ger Nichol of The Book Bureau, who supports me throughout. My husband, Richard, deserves a special mention. He is my first reader and sounding board; sad to say sometimes ‘shrieking board’ during these times of Covid-induced house arrest. Last, but by no means least, I want to thank the ‘sisterhood’ – my girlfriends, whose grievances and witty comments, added to my own, over many many years, have inspired me to write this book.
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