cover image Charley’s Webb

Charley’s Webb

Joy Fielding, . . Atria, $24.95 (437pp) ISBN 978-0-7432-9601-4

Jill Rohmer, a convicted child killer with a borderline personality disorder, lures Charlotte “Charley” Webb, a popular columnist for the Palm Beach Post and single mom, into a web of danger and deceit in this spine-tingler from bestseller Fielding (Heartstopper ). When Jill invites Charley to collaborate on the “true story” of what really happened to the three children she was convicted of murdering, Charley at first thinks it sounds like a great idea. Her sister Anne is, after all, a bestselling romance author, so why couldn’t Charley have a nonfiction bestseller? Charley meets with Jill’s attractive lawyer, Alex Prescott, who secures a book contract. After committing to the project, Charley begins dating Alex. Then Charley learns Jill had an accomplice, someone on the loose whom Jill calls “Jack.” Fielding pulls out all the stops as the identity of the ruthless murderer becomes obvious, and Charley must race against time to catch the horrible Jack and save his next target—her son. (Mar.)