The Perfect Fraud, Ellen LaCorte
The Perfect Fraud, Ellen LaCorte
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The Perfect Fraud
A Novel

Author: Ellen LaCorte

Narrator: Karissa Vacker, Elizabeth Godley

Unabridged: 9 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/18/2019

Synopsis

In this propulsive debut thriller, two women with deep secrets are thrown together by an unexpected meeting that plunges both their lives into chaos. But it’s a sick little girl whose fate hangs in the balance.Motherhood is tough. But then, so is daughterhood. When we first meet Claire, she’s living in Sedona, Arizona with her boyfriend Cal and ducking calls from her mother.  Her mom is a world class psychic on the East Coast and Claire doesn’t want her to discover the truth. Claire works in the family business and calls herself a psychic, but she doesn’t really have “the gift” and hasn’t for a long time. She’s a fraud.Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, Rena, a young mother, has family issues of her own. She’s divorced and her four-year-old daughter, Stephanie, suffers from mysterious, seemingly incurable stomach problems. No matter how many specialists Rena drags her to, no matter how many mommy-blog posts she makes about her child’s health issues, trying to get help and support from her online community, Stephanie only gets sicker.When Claire and Rena meet by chance on an airplane, their carefully constructed lives begin to explode.  Can these two women help each other and can they help Stephanie before it’s too late?

About Ellen LaCorte

Ellen LaCorte worked for many years in HR. She now writes full time from her home where she lives with her husband in Titusville, New Jersey.  She is the mother of two grown sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by j e w e l s on May 21, 2019

TWO STARS Okay, listen up you Jodi Picoult fans out there!!! I've got the book for you! The Perfect Fraud is full of medical drama and motherhood angst. All I kept thinking was Jodi Picoult Jodi Picoult Jodi Picoult. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of Jodi Picoult's style of writing or her novels. (Inser......more

Goodreads review by Bridgett on June 16, 2019

Well, hello there, Captain Obvious! If you've never read a mystery/suspense novel before, don't fear...you'll still be able to figure this one out during the first chapter. This book aggravated me on so many levels. Rena, the mother of the seriously ill child, is made to look like a complete redn......more

Goodreads review by Dennis on May 03, 2019

Ellen LaCorte's upcoming thriler The Perfect Fraud is a fun, light mystery, that is perfect for anyone who likes Alafair Burke. I won't provide too much of a review, but if you are a seasoned thriller connoisseur like I am, this book is a little too predictable. LaCourte's writing is impeccable......more

Goodreads review by BookOfCinz on June 24, 2019

The Perfect Fraud had me going the entire time, even though I basically figured out the ending from the first 60 pages. I think that is the marking of a good book, when you "know" the ending but you still have a need to see exactly how it played out- cudos Ellen LaCorte. In The Perfect Fraud we......more

Goodreads review by Librariann on April 16, 2019

That I stayed up late to finish this says more about how my taste totally goes out the window with BAD MOTHER THRILLERS. Total lack of nuance, set up like a suspense novel but so poorly built as to be a Lifetime movie, yet I could not stop gawking at this train wreck. This BAD MOM is a super trashy......more

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