My Ex-Best Friend - Softcover

Brophy, Beth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743464516 ISBN 13: 9780743464512

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2004

Synopsis

Just your average multitasking mom...

In suburban Washington, D.C., Claire Newman juggles a journalism career, marriage, and children: when she's not writing a story for Nationweek magazine, she's managing car pools, soccer games, and birthday parties. But one phone call is about to send Claire in pursuit of answers to a mystery that's haunted her for years....

Lydia Finelli was Claire's best friend since childhood. They were like sisters -- until five years ago, when Lydia suddenly, icily, withdrew. Then out of the blue, Lydia calls Claire, pleading for her help. But when Claire arrives at Lydia's home, she finds her dead. The case is quickly ruled a suicide, but Claire, sensing more to the story, digs deeper, unraveling the mystery of their shared past. As the murderous truth emerges, Claire is challenged by the ultimate test of friendship and loyalty, forcing her to risk all for her ex-best friend.

Just your average multitasking mom...

In suburban Washington, D.C., Claire Newman juggles a journalism career, marriage, and children: when she's not writing a story for Nationweek magazine, she's managing car pools, soccer games, and birthday parties. But one phone call is about to send Claire in pursuit of answers to a mystery that's haunted her for years....

Lydia Finelli was Claire's best friend since childhood. They were like sisters -- until five years ago, when Lydia suddenly, icily, withdrew. Then out of the blue, Lydia calls Claire, pleading for her help. But when Claire arrives at Lydia's home, she finds her dead. The case is quickly ruled a suicide, but Claire, sensing more to the story, digs deeper, unraveling the mystery of their shared past. As the murderous truth emerges, Claire is challenged by the ultimate test of friendship and loyalty, forcing her to risk all for her ex-best friend.

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Review

James McBride

author of "The Color of Water" and "Miracle of St. Anna"

A wonderfully written, funny debut.

James McBride author of "The Color of Water" and "Miracle of St. Anna" A wonderfully written, funny debut.

About the Author

Beth Brophy is a Washington journalist. She was a reporter in the Washington bureau of Forbes, a founding business reporter and columnist at USA Today, and a writer and editor at U.S. News & World Report. She is also a freelance writer and editor whose work has been published in Business Week, The Washington Post, TV Guide, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, and Parents. In addition, she has been an adjunct professor of journalism at American University and Georgetown University. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters. My Ex-Best Friend is her first novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743464516
• ISBN 13: 9780743464512
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320