{"product_id":"9780307451286","title":"Last Secret","description":"“There are few contemporary authors whose work can absorb readers so fully and with such immediacy that the line between character and reader begins to seem dangerously thin. Among these few is the brilliant Mary McGarry Morris.” –\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary McGarry Morris has been hailed as “one of the most skillful writers at work in America today” (Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Secret\u003c\/i\u003e, she tells the riveting story of Nora Hammond, a woman blessed with the perfect life: a charming husband, two bright teenage children, a successful career in the family’s newspaper business, and an esteemed role in the charity work of her New England town. But Nora’s comfortable existence threatens to unravel when she learns of her husband’s longtime affair–and when the specter of a sordid incident from her youth returns with terrifying force. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfronted by shame and betrayal, Nora suddenly feels dangerously alone. With no one to turn to, she becomes easy prey to a ghost from her past–the cunning, relentless Eddie Hawkins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tautly told tale of psychological tension and chilling moral complexity, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Secret\u003c\/i\u003e accelerates to a shattering conclusion as it explores the irreparable consequences of one family’s crimes of the heart. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Secret\u003c\/i\u003e burnishes Mary McGarry Morris’s reputation as one of our most pro­digously gifted writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116412748016,"sku":"9780307451286","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307451286_p0.jpg?v=1763672785","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307451286","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}