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Amazon reviewers can&apos;t get enough:&apos;I LOVED THIS BOOK&apos; ***** &apos;Gloriously gripping&apos; ***** &apos;Magnificent&apos; ***** &apos;Heart-stopping, racy and sophisticated&apos; ***** &apos;Compulsive and clever&apos; *****On the surface, Anna Witherall has the perfect life. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has an enviable job, beautiful home, and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Rose. Their competent and capable nanny, Maria, is practically part of the family.But beneath the veneer of success and happiness, Anna is hiding a dark secret, one that threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard to create. Only one thing is certain: to protect her children, she must betray them.‘Compelling and complex – a compulsive read’ Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange‘Everyone has an agenda in this intriguing exploration of deceit and duplicity, as Philby ratchets up the paranoia to Highsmithian levels’ Guardian

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Part of the Family

The Times Thrillers of the Year 2020’Superbly crafted with heart-stopping twists and chills galore. A new star has arrived in the thriller firmament’ The Times, Book of the MonthGabriela is a senior negotiator in the Foreign Office. When she returns to her young family after a seven-month stint in Moscow, something doesn’t 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 Gabriela’s life begins to unravel, Isobel gets closer to the truth, and the two women’s lives converge in this deeply chilling examination of deceit.Reader reviews for A Double Life‘A sensational story packed full of twists. What an unbelievable book, I&apos;m absolutely flabbergasted by the ending… it&apos;s a cliffhanger, so I hope Philby is already working on a sequel because I NEED to know what happens next’ ‘A riveting and tense thriller exploring the actions of two women whose lives are about to collide’ ‘Can’t wait for book 3!’ ‘Great read’ Amazingly brilliant’ ‘Loved 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!!&apos; ‘Complex, chilling, fascinating. LOVED it’ ‘Addictive’ ‘Chilling’ ‘Gripping’ Praise for A Double Life‘I was utterly gripped’ LUCY FOLEY‘I fell into the vivid, frightening world Charlotte Philby creates so skilfully and didn&apos;t resurface until long after I&apos;d turned the last page’ JANE CASEY‘A Double Life confirms Charlotte Philby as the master of a sub-genre she basically invented’ ERIN KELLY‘Brilliantly executed and tense’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Terribly compelling… persuasive and absorbing’ OBSERVER‘A pacy, gripping read that kept us on the edge of our seats’ INDEPENDENT

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A Double Life

WHAT WOULD YOU SACRIFICE TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH? ‘I devoured this’ Erin Kelly ‘Compulsive’ i Paper ‘Enigmatic’ Louise Candlish ‘A page-turning thriller’ BBC Radio 4 Open Book ‘Chilling’ Good Housekeeping ‘Addictive’ Joanna Cannon ‘Compelling’ Daily Telegraph On the surface, Anna Witherall personifies everything the aspirational magazine she works for represents. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has a beautiful home and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Rose. But beneath the veneer of success and happiness, Anna is hiding a dark secret, one that threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard to create. As Anna finds herself drawn into the dark and highly controlled world of secret intelligence, she is forced to question her family’s safety, and her own. Only one thing is certain: in order to protect her children, she must leave them, forever. And someone is watching. Someone she thought she could trust. Someone who is determined to make them all pay. Stylish and assured, The Most Difficult Thing is an irresistible combination of contemporary espionage and domestic suspense, and a compulsive, highly charged examination of betrayal.