The perfect fraud : a novel / Ellen LaCorte.
In this propulsive debut thriller, two women with their own dangerous secrets are thrown together by a chance meeting that plunges both their lives into chaos, with a sick little girl's fate hanging in the balance. Claire comes from a family of professional psychics. Her talented mother predicts futures for clients from around the globe. But Claire hides a shocking truth the great psychic herself doesn't know: Claire may carry on the family business, but she doesn't really have the gift and hasn't for a long time. In fact, she's a fraud. Her path will soon intersect with Rena's, a divorced mother and avid mommy blogger anxious to help her sick four-year-old daughter, Stephanie, who is plagued by a mysterious stomach ailment. No matter how many specialists they've seen, the doctors can't seem to cure Stephanie. Growing increasingly desperate, Rena pack ups and moves across the country to find Stephanie the help she needs. Getting settled in their new place, she meets Louis, who may-or may not-be the answer to all her prayers. An encounter on an airplane throws both Rena's and Claire's carefully constructed lives into a tailspin. Can these two very different women help each other? And what will become of Stephanie?
Record details
- ISBN: 0062906070
- ISBN: 9780062906076
- Physical Description: 292 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper, 2019.
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Subject: | Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Sick children > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Montgomery City Public. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Montgomery City Public Library | F LAC (Text) | 31927000015499 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Macks Creek | FIC LaCORTE (Text) | 31320003687741 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Caruthersville Public Library | F LAC (Text) | 38417100425158 | Fiction | Available | - |
Henry County - Main Library | Fic L11E (Text) | I0000000278633 | Fiction | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | F LACORTE (Text) | 2004351780 | Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION LACORTE 2019 (Text) | 0001002218178 | Fiction | Available | - |
Trails Regional-Knob Noster | FIC LAC (Text) | 2204881651 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Webster County-Main Library-Marshfield | SUSPENSE LaCorte (Text) | 3991180203 | * Adult Suspense Fiction | Available | - |
The Perfect Fraud : A Novel
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The Perfect Fraud : A Novel
In this propulsive debut thriller, two women with deep secrets are thrown together by an unexpected meeting that plunges both their lives into chaos. But it's a sick little girl whose fate hangs in the balance. Motherhood is tough. But then, so is daughterhood. When we first meet Claire, she's living in Sedona, Arizona with her boyfriend Cal and ducking calls from her mother. Her mom is a world class psychic on the East Coast and Claire doesn't want her to discover the truth. Claire works in the family business and calls herself a psychic, but she doesn't really have "the gift" and hasn't for a long time. She's a fraud. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, Rena, a young mother, has family issues of her own. She's divorced and her four-year-old daughter, Stephanie, suffers from mysterious, seemingly incurable stomach problems. No matter how many specialists Rena drags her to, no matter how many mommy-blog posts she makes about her child's health issues, trying to get help and support from her online community, Stephanie only gets sicker. When Claire and Rena meet by chance on an airplane, their carefully constructed lives begin to explode. Can these two women help each other and can they help Stephanie before it's too late?