โSuperbly crafted with heart-stopping twists and chills galore. A new star has arrived in the thriller firmamentโ The Times, Book of the Month
Gabriela is a senior negotiator in the Foreign Office. When she returns to her young family after a seven-month stint in Moscow, something doesnโt seem right.
Isobel is a journalist on the local paper in Camden. After witnessing a violent attack, she starts to investigate. But someone saw her watching, and is making themselves known in increasingly frightening ways.
As Gabrielaโs life begins to unravel, Isobel gets closer to the truth, and the two womenโs lives converge in this deeply chilling examination of deceit.
Reader reviews for A Double LifeโA sensational story packed full of twists. What an unbelievable book, I'm absolutely flabbergasted by the ending... it's a cliffhanger, so I hope Philby is already working on a sequel because I NEED to know what happens nextโ โญโญโญโญโญ
โA riveting and tense thriller exploring the actions of two women whose lives are about to collideโ โญโญโญโญโญ
โCanโt wait for book 3!โ โญโญโญโญโญ
โGreat readโ โญโญโญโญโญ
Amazingly brilliantโ โญโญโญโญโญ
โLoved loved LOVED! I was hooked after the very first chapter. Engrossed in the story all the way through. The end hit me like a tonne of bricks!!! CANNOT WAIT for the 3rd book!!' โญโญโญโญโญ
โComplex, chilling, fascinating. LOVED itโ โญโญโญโญโญ
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Praise for A Double LifeโI was utterly grippedโ LUCY FOLEY
โI fell into the vivid, frightening world Charlotte Philby creates so skilfully and didn't resurface until long after I'd turned the last pageโ JANE CASEY
โA Double Life confirms Charlotte Philby as the master of a sub-genre she basically inventedโ ERIN KELLY
โBrilliantly executed and tenseโ SUNDAY TIMES
โTerribly compelling... persuasive and absorbingโ OBSERVER
โA pacy, gripping read that kept us on the edge of our seatsโ INDEPENDENT
CHARLOTTE PHILBY worked for the Independent for eight years as a columnist, editor and reporter, and was shortlisted for the Cudlipp Prize for her investigative journalism at the 2013 Press Awards. A former contributing editor and feature writer at Marie Claire, she has written for the New Statesman, Elle, The Telegraph, Guardian and Sunday Times, and presented documentaries for the BBC World Service and The One Show. Charlotte is the granddaughter of Kim Philby, Britainโs most infamous communist double-agent, the elusive โthird manโ in the notorious Cambridge spy ring. This is her third novel.