A Small Affair

By Flora Collins,

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“Money, romance, and murder are always key ingredients for a delicious thriller. And in the latest from Flora Collins, they're used expertly.” —Town & Country, The 30 Must-Read Books of Winter 2023

A young woman’s life is torn apart when her wealthy ex-lover is found dead—along with his wife.

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1 author picked A Small Affair as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This 2022 psychological thriller was a fun read in so many ways. Like Maum’s novel, it takes a slightly unique approach to the typical affair story, following a young woman whose life is torn apart when her married lover and his wife die, and she is blamed for it (despite not knowing the man was even married!)

In this book, Collins explores the most archaic notion known to man: that people have been blaming women for things since the dawn of time. Literally, since Eve’s consumption of an apple in the Garden of Eden, through the twentieth century, women paid…

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