There Was an Old Woman: A Novel of Suspense

Hallie Ephron

Apr 2013 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

There Was An Old Woman by Hallie Ephron is a compelling novel of psychological suspense in which a young woman becomes entangled in a terrifying web of deception and madness involving an elderly neighbor.

When Evie Ferrante learns that her mother has been hospitalized, she finds her mother’s house in chaos. Sorting through her mother’s belongings, Evie discovers objects that don’t quite belong there, and begins to raise questions.

Evie renews a friendship with Mina, an elderly neighbor who might know more about her mother’s recent activities, but Mina is having her own set of problems: Her nephew Brian is trying to persuade her to move to a senior care community. As Evie investigates her mother’s actions, a darker story of deception and madness involving Mina emerges.

In There Was an Old Woman, award-winning mystery author Hallie Ephron delivers another work of domestic noir with truly unforgettable characters that will keep you riveted.

Ratings and reviews

The plot is revealed almost immediately. The heroine is not interested in mystery solving she's stuck in cleaning up her mothers house and her job. Some hints given early in the book are never addressed later. Maybe could be a human interest story for the relationship she forges with the elderly neighbor.

Kind of sweet but no suspense or real unknowns.

Great story. Kept me intrigued to the very end.

About the author

Hallie Ephron is the New York Times bestselling author of Never Tell a Lie, Come and Find Me, There Was an Old Woman, and Night Night, Sleep Tight. For twelve years she was the crime fiction reviewer for the Boston Globe. The daughter of Hollywood screenwriters, she grew up in Beverly Hills, and lives near Boston, Massachusetts.