My Best Friend's Bones
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Last published Sun, Apr 26, 2020
Six years ago, Nicole Connolly returned home to her flat in Liverpool after a night of partying. Everything seems normal, until she discovers her best friend and roommate, Rose, in the bathtub, throat slit, lying in a pool of her own blood.
Now, Nicole lives with her fiancé Matthew in New York. Struggling with schizophrenia, Nicole never moved on from her friend's death. And when an unusual encounter with a woman on the subway occurs, Nicole is more fragile than ever. The woman knows about Rose, her suicide, and the life Nicole left behind in Liverpool.
When not even her own fiancé decides to believe her, Nicole has only one option. To return to the one place she swore never to return. The place where her nightmares began. Liverpool. Because Nicole needs answers.. She needs to know what really happened the night of her friend's suicide.
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