The Art of Deception, Louise Mangos
The Art of Deception, Louise Mangos
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The Art of Deception
Gripping Domestic Noir

Author: Louise Mangos

Narrator: Louise Mangos

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/24/2024

Synopsis

How can she prove her innocence to save her son, when she's already been convicted of murdering his father?Art school dropout Lucie is on a backpacking trip across Europe when she arrives in the idyllic Swiss Alps. A holiday romance with ski instructor Mathieu takes a crucial turn when Lucie discovers she is pregnant. Spiralling into a relationship of coercion and dark domestic abuse, Lucie is powerless to escape her marriage without losing her son.Seven years on, Lucie is serving a sentence in a Swiss prison for a murder she insists she did not commit. Surrounded by an eclectic group of inmates, Lucie must summon all her strength and intuition to uncover long-kept secrets and fight for her freedom to be reunited with her son before he is abducted by her husband’s family.The clock is ticking . . . but who can she trust?

Reviews

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on June 05, 2019

The Art of Deception is the second standalone psychological thriller written by award-winning author Louise Mangos and is an original read set in a glacial Suisse beauty spot. Lucie is in prison for murdering her husband, Matt. But although she is thought to have perpetrated the crime Mangos asks he......more

Goodreads review by Tripfiction on December 23, 2019

Also titles Her Husband's Secrets Suspense novel set in Switzerland (Vaud and Valais) 3.75* Lucie is in prison and as the book opens it is not evident what her crime has been. She clearly has a son without whom she is whiling away her days. Go back over the last seven years and the author sets the scene......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on May 31, 2019

The Art of Deception by Louise Mangos is the first book by this author that I have read. It was a good story but at times a bit slow. For the most part I enjoyed it but couldn't really connect with the characters, finding them all a bit annoying. Lucie finds herself in a women's prison for the murder......more

Goodreads review by Janice on March 18, 2019

A sure bestseller! Lucy falls in love with Matt while on a backpacking trip through Europe. Matt, well, he falls in lust. After many warnings, 19 year old Lucie does not heed any of them until it is too late. Also, it may have been in Lucie's best interest to have pursued Swiss citizenship. Matt is a......more

Goodreads review by Julie on April 04, 2020

3.5 stars This is a good read but a bit slow at times. Lucie is in a Swiss prison for the murder of her husband but all is not as it seems. However, can Lucie prove her innocence before she loses her son forever? Lucie fell deeply in love with Mathieu, and, although she was warned off by various people......more

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