Joy Fielding: Whispers and Lies (USA 2021)

From the Publisher:
From the New York Times bestselling author of the "edge-of-your-seat read" (Karen Robards, New York Times bestselling author) Someone Is Watching, a chilling story of a woman whose tranquil life is shaken when a mysterious young woman enters her life.

Terry Painter enjoys her quiet life in Delray, Florida, living alone in the house she inherited from her mother. When young, vibrant Alison Simms rents the cottage on her property, the two women strike up a fast friendship -- and Terry is swept into a fantastic new life: dinners out, shopping, makeovers, and even potentially dating a handsome young man. But nothing about her newfound companion is as it appears and soon, Terry is in a race against time to reclaim her own life back.

With Joy Fielding's page-turning and suspenseful prose, she "tests the complex ties that bind friends and family, and keeps readers wondering when those same ties might turn deadly" (Publishers Weekly).

Joy Fielding: Whispers and Lies. Pocket Books, ISBN: 9781982174651 (May, 2021), 368 p., 9.99.

Joy Fielding: Whispers and Lies (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
Terry Painter enjoys her quiet life in tranquil Delray, Florida, where the single, forty-year-old nurse lives alone in the house she inherited from her mother. When young, vibrant Alison Simms rents the cottage on her property, the two women strike up a fast friendship -- and Terry is swept into a fantastic new life: dinners out, shopping, makeovers, even flirting with the handsome son of one of her elderly patients. But nothing about her newfound companion is as it appears, as Terry discovers when Alison's closely guarded past comes to light. Now Terry is locked into a race to reclaim her own life -- before she opens the door any further to the stranger she thought she knew...

Joy Fielding: Whispers and Lies. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0743448642 (July, 2003), 357 p., $7.99.

Joy Fielding: Whispers and Lies (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
"She said her name was Alison Simms."
Terry Painter lives a quiet life in picturesque Delray, Florida. Forty, single, and a nurse at a home for the elderly and disabled, she enjoys a solitary existence in the cozy house she inherited from her mother five years ago.

Terry's tranquil life takes a turn, however, when young, vibrant Alison Simms rents the cottage behind her home. Upon their First meeting, Alison blows into Terry's life like a tropical storm, bringing with her friendship and excitement. Together they dine out, shop in the village square, and indulge in luxurious at-home makeovers. Alison even helps Terry charm the handsome son of one of her dear, ailing patients. For Terry, life couldn't be more perfect.

But after the initial euphoric wave has settled, Terry slowly begins to learn more about her wondrous companion. She becomes acquainted with the small but peculiar circle of friends Alison has accumulated since her arrival in Delray and meets her brother, who unwittingly reveals bits and pieces of Alison's closely guarded past. Terry soon finds that the friendship that once brightened her life has now crashed down upon her, leaving her trapped in Alison's mysterious world and the whispers and lies that fuel it.

Diving deeply into the psyches of her most captivating characters to date, Joy Fielding has emerged with a riveting tale that challenges our most basic assumptions regarding love, friendship, and obsession. Filled with the suspense and intimacy readers have grown to love in her previous bestselling novels, Whispers and Lies is an unforgettable drama of one woman's fight to reclaim her life.

Joy Fielding: Whispers and Lies. A Novel. Atria Books, ISBN: 0743466187 (August, 2002), 372 p., $25.00.