About this item
The author of The Pocket Wife explores the dark side of love, marriage, and infidelity in this sizzling novel of psychological suspense.Everybody's luck runs out. This time it could be theirs . . .It isn't safe. That's 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 she's going to put on the most challenging performance of her life.
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.
