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The Lodger
2022
First Published
4.09
Average Rating
326
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She’s in your home… Leigh Simons can’t say for sure what made her do it. A moment of madness, perhaps, but when the young, loud and gorgeous waitress at her favorite coffee shop reveals she is homeless, Leigh offers her the empty room in her house. In your head… Gina is the perfect lodger; Leigh, lonely and frustrated with her life, becomes infatuated with the woman – her boldness, her zeal. If only Leigh could be more like Gina… And missing without trace. So when Leigh returns from a work trip she’s shocked to find Gina missing. Where could the young woman have gone…and why? Leigh fears that something terrible has happened - why else would Gina leave her? But as she sets out to find her missing lodger, what Leigh discovers changes everything she knows about Gina….and her own life, too.

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Author

Valerie Keogh
Valerie Keogh
Author · 39 books
Valerie started to write several years ago. She self-published eight crime novels and one psychological thriller before signing a two book contract with Bookouture in March 2018. The first of these, Secrets Between Us, is available now and the second is due in Feb 2019. She is a registered nurse with a degree in English and a Masters in American Literature. Recently she has given up nursing to concentrate on her writing career.
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