Mine: The hot new thriller of 2018 - sinister, gripping and dark with a breathtaking twist

Mine: The hot new thriller of 2018 - sinister, gripping and dark with a breathtaking twist
J.L. Butler

‘Sinister, clever, with a dark twist coiled in its heart’ –S. K. Tremayne‘A gripping, thrill-a-minute ride through London’s dark side’– Erin Kelly‘Fiendishly plotted and perfectly paced’ -Caz FrearFatal Attraction meets Apple Tree Yard. This debut novel will be your new obsession.Francine Day is a high-flying lawyer about to apply for silk, ambitious and brilliant. She just needs one headline grabbing client to seal her place as Queen's Counsel … Martin Joy. The attraction is instant. Obsessive.They embark on a secret affair and Francine thinks she can hold it together. But then Martin's wife, Donna, goes missing. And Martin is the prime suspect.As the case unravels so does Francine, because the last person to see Donna Joy alive, was her.My client. My lover. My husband. My obsession.Set in the Inns of Court in London, where justice and corruption have played out for centuries, J L Butler’s taut, gripping legal drama brims with suspense and obsession, and only you can solve the case…

J.L. BUTLER

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Source ISBN: 9780008262419

Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9780008262426

Version: 2018-10-29

Dedication (#u6c233fb2-285b-5114-9e41-849662fb051d)

To JP

He wants his wife to disappear. So do you …

Table of Contents

Cover (#u3f2481ab-a8f4-57ce-9c5b-ada2519d37bf)

Title Page (#ued1c4f75-f8d1-5d6a-a17f-1cb0322049b7)

Copyright (#ue72bee8c-ad6f-5068-b497-fe338c8ae031)

Dedication (#uc320e51a-9151-5d8e-810d-b65251b9ae83)

Epigraph (#u06b89311-e60d-501a-b6b1-2a7462a7f680)

Prologue (#ua332a050-d3ca-51ac-9b7a-c73f59ced3ff)

Chapter 1 (#u78d021ed-5e21-5b3e-8a68-1c61a20d9177)

Chapter 2 (#uf21c4f98-ef3a-5d1e-9271-a4ca1d880e24)

Chapter 3 (#u6e3cf6dd-b365-58ec-9c0f-2e95bda5e834)

Chapter 4 (#ud2a9d43f-fc12-5316-a4d0-52190bcdecc1)

Chapter 5 (#u0a8010c5-6821-55ad-97d7-5c83ff9bf975)

Chapter 6 (#uaad1a61e-57cb-5bc5-958b-eb77e99f01e2)

Chapter 7 (#u46a2f679-0272-56d0-8298-e29ded8fafcf)

Chapter 8 (#u05831e28-3cf4-53c4-9bd4-dd6fe4587940)

Chapter 9 (#uc0f04a1a-0c66-5b50-ac3e-f39e589b4e0c)

Chapter 10 (#ufc58137d-9b43-5d5f-a490-3cf095dc2139)

Chapter 11 (#u7cee8c6d-8805-5331-89fe-b68bc7beaa3b)

Chapter 12 (#u031a45c3-2b08-50d4-be33-4706fddb0add)

Chapter 13 (#u4c303ac4-bf73-518e-bd8f-69218e3a85b0)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)