Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes author Shalini Boland. She is an Amazon and USA Today bestselling author of psychological thrillers 'THE GIRL FROM THE SEA', 'THE BEST FRIEND', 'THE MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE' (optioned by Legendary Studios for TV), 'THE SECRET MOTHER', THE CHILD NEXT DOOR, 'THE SILENT SISTER' and 'THE PERFECT FAMILY'. THE SECRET MOTHER published in US bookstores by Grand Central on June 4, 2019. Shalini lives in Dorset, England with her husband, two children and their cheeky terrier cross. Before kids, she was signed to Universal Music Publishing as a singer/songwriter, but now she spends her days writing pyschological thrillers (in between school runs and hanging out endless baskets of laundry). She is also the author of two bestselling Young Adult series as well as a children's WWII novel with a time-travel twist. ABOUT THE SECRET MOTHER: Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in her kitchen. He thinks she’s his mother. But Tessa doesn’t have any children. Not anymore. She doesn’t know who the little boy is or how he got there. After contacting the police, Tessa is suspected of taking the mystery child. Her whole life is turned upside down. And then her husband reveals a secret of his own… Tessa isn’t sure what to believe or who to trust. Because someone is lying. To find out who, she must confront her painful past. But is the truth more dangerous than Tessa realises?

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