Book Review: Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait

What it really needs is a warning: ‘Do not start reading this book at night’.
After you have repeatedly promised yourself “just one more chapter”, it will be close to 2pm and you’ll still be turning the pages.
On a cold night in 1980, judge Andrew Fitzsimons and his wife Lydia meet with Annie Doyle. Annie is a heroin user and prostitute. After their encounter, she ends up dead and buried in their backyard. While Andrew falls apart, Lydia is tries to protect their son Laurence from the truth.
Bit by bit Laurence unravels what happened that night, and sets in motion tragically inevitable sequence of events. Lying in Wait is a tense, almost Gothic tale of obsession, warped love and murder. If you enjoyed Nugent’s debut, Unravelling Oliver, you’ll love this, as the Dubliner shows why she is one of the country’s best crime writers.