The Secretary, Zoe Lea
The Secretary, Zoe Lea
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The Secretary
An addictive page turner of school-run revenge

Author: Zoe Lea

Narrator: Colleen Prendergast

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2019

Synopsis

The teachers thought they knew her. They were wrong...

A page-turning and deeply compulsive psychological thriller about a school secretary and how dangerous it can be to make enemies at the school gates. For fans of Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty and The Rumour by Lesley Kara.

When single mum Ruth has a brief fling with Rob, she's mortified to discover that he lied to her. He lied to her, because he's married. Worse still, he's the husband of Janine, head of the PTA at the primary school where Ruth works as secretary, and when the truth of their fling is discovered, Ruth suddenly has a lot of enemies at the school gates.

Threatening texts begin to arrive, rumours abound and the staff room becomes hostile. But when it also starts to affect her son, a student at the school, Ruth realises you can do anything if you convince yourself it's for the sake of your child.

Even murder.

'An addictive page-turner'
Samantha Tonge

'Mind blown! The end was a triumph, absolutely brilliant!'
Rona Halsall

'Gripping and powerful'
Lauren North

'I couldn't put it down'
Mary-Jane Riley

'School run revenge at its best'
Jacqueline Ward

About Zoe Lea

Zoe Lea lives in the Lake District, UK with her husband, two children, dogs and peregrine falcons. As well as writing, she helps manage an animal tracking company used for raptors and other wildlife. She's previously worked as a teacher, photographer and in the television industry, but writing has always been her passion.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on July 28, 2020

The premise of this one is that most parents will go to any lengths for their children - true - but maybe not as far as this! School secretary Ruth is acrimoniously divorced from Will, they have a son Sam who has issues in life and at school. Ruth’s life implodes disastrously after an altercation at......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on September 08, 2020

Ruth is a single parent to her 8 year old son Sam. After splitting up with her ex husband Will, Ruth had a one night stand with Rob who she met on Valentine’s evening, while out with her friend Becky. When he gives her a fake phone number she does not expect to see him again. Ruth is horrified when R......more

Goodreads review by Louise on August 15, 2020

When single mum Ruth had a brief fling with Rob, she's mortified to discover that he lied to her, because he's married. Worst still, he's the husband of Janine, head of the PTA at primary school where Ruth works as secretary, and when the truth of their fling is discovered, Ruth suddenly has a lot o......more

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Must read Bella

A brilliant thriller Closer

Fast paced and intriguing. I loved The Secretary

I couldn't put it down - a gripping read from start to finish and kept me guessing until the end. A compulsive and complex tale of the toxic effects of revenge

Mind blown! The end was a triumph, absolutely brilliant!

A compulsive story that oozes such a sense of injustice you can't stop turning the page to find out if revenge is taken . . . An addictive page-turner that will leave your stomach in knots.
Highly recommended!

Gripping and powerful! The tension in the novel was cranked up notch by notch until I was gasping as the story unravelled . . . A fantastic read!

Twists and turns but the beauty of this story is that it could happen anywhere. School run revenge at its best

Hard to put down! The pace of this book is satisfyingly relentless and the ending is as dramatic and surprising as Zoe Lea's clever writing promises.

'Super readable and so clever. Reading it as a mother, you can't help but question yourself throughout: Would I do that? Would I go that far? It's full of blurred lines and shifting allegiances and filled me full of rage (as a mother) and awe (as an author)'

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