I have just tonight ordered two that might be interesting.
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan, which is £5.00 on Amazon for the hardback, and described as:
A high-profile marriage thrust into the spotlight. A wife, determined to keep her family safe, must face a prosecutor who believes justice has been a long time coming. A scandal that will rock Westminster. And the women caught at the heart of it.
Anatomy of a Scandal centres on a high-profile marriage that begins to unravel when the husband is accused of a terrible crime. Sophie is sure her husband, James, is innocent and desperately hopes to protect her precious family from the lies which might ruin them. Kate is the barrister who will prosecute the case – she is equally certain that James is guilty and determined he will pay for his crimes.
The Girl Before by Rena Olsen. This one unfortunately shares the same title as a quite heavily marketed hardback that I read earlier in the year, and did not like.
This one sounds a lot better, but I think it might suffer by being confused with the other one (which was awful, it was by JP Delaney and it didn't live up to the hype, it was like a 50 Shades tribute book).
This one is described as:
Clara Lawson is torn from her life in an instant. Without warning, her home is invaded by armed men, and she finds herself separated from her beloved husband and daughters. The last thing her husband yells to her is to say nothing.
In chapters that alternate between past and present, the novel slowly unpeels the layers of Clara’s fractured life. We see her growing up, raised with her sisters by the stern Mama and Papa G, becoming a poised and educated young woman, falling desperately in love with the forbidden son of her adoptive parents.
We see her now, sequestered in an institution, questioned by men and women who call her a different name—Diana—and who accuse her husband of unspeakable crimes. As recollections of her past collide with new revelations, Clara must question everything she thought she knew, to come to terms with the truth of her history and to summon the strength to navigate her future.
Mary Torjussen's book is great, and she's lovely to talk to. I'm impatiently waiting her next one now.