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The author of The Pocket Wife explores the dark side of love, marriage, and infidelity in this sizzling novel of psychological suspense.Everybodys luck runs out. This time it could be theirs . . .It isnt safe. Thats what Joe tells her when he ends their affair - moments before their car skids off an icy road in a blinding snowstorm and hits a tree. Desperate to keep her life intact - her job, her husband, and her precious daughter, Lily - Dorrie will do everything she can to protect herself, even if it means walking away from the wreckage. Dorrie has always been a good actress, pretending to be someone else: the dutiful daughter, the satisfied wife, the woman who can handle anything. Now shes going to put on the most challenging performance of her life. But details about the accident leave her feeling uneasy and afraid. Why didnt Joes airbag work? Why was his car door open before the EMTs arrived? And now suddenly someone is calling her from her dead lovers burner phone. . . .Joes death has left his wife in free fall as well. Karen knew Joe was cheating - she found some suspicious e-mails. Trying to cope with grief is devastating enough without the constant fear that has overtaken her - this feeling she cant shake that someone is watching her. And with Joe gone and the kids grown, shes vulnerable . . . and on her own.Insurance investigator Maggie Brennan is suspicious of the latest claim thats landed on her desk - a man dying on an icy road shortly after buying a lucrative life insurance policy. Maggie doesnt believe in coincidences. The former cop knows that things - and people - are never what they seem to be.As the fates of these three women become more tightly entwined, layers of lies and deception begin to peel away, pushing them dangerously to the edge . . . closer to each other . . . to a terrifying truth . . . to a shocking end.
About the Author
Susan grew up in Miami, Florida, where she spent her childhood summers reading mysteries in a hammock strung between two Banyan trees, and collecting lizards, baby skunks and other odd, exotic creatures.
She later moved to New York City and then to Boston before settling in Atlanta to raise three amazing daughters and to teach in various adult education settings. A member of The Atlanta Writers Club and The Village Writers Group, Susan is now a full-time author and is a member of her local planning commission. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and a trio of rescue cats, where she enjoys reading books, writing books, rainy days, and spending time with the people she loves.
The Pocket Wife is Susan's debut novel. Represented by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency, it was published in March, 2015, by Morrow-Harper Collins and by Faber & Faber in England. Booklist describes The Pocket Wife as "a gripping, character-driven mystery."
The Other Widow, Susan's second suspense novel, also represented by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency, was published in April, 2016, by Morrow-Harper Collins and will be published by Faber & Faber in England. Of The Other Widow and Susan Crawford, Jackie K. Cooper of The Huffington Post says, "gets better with every book she produces." Visit her webpage at susancrawfordnovelist.com.
