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She must prove her innocence to save her son... but time is running out.<br/><br/>Art school dropout Lucie is on a backpacking trip across Europe when she arrives in the idyllic Swiss Alps. A holiday romance with ski instructor Mathieu takes a crucial turn when Lucie discovers she is pregnant. Spiralling into a relationship of coercion and dark domestic abuse, Lucie is powerless to escape her marriage without losing her son.<br/><br/>Seven years on, Lucie is serving a sentence in a Swiss prison for a murder she insists she did not commit. Surrounded by an eclectic group of inmates, Lucie must summon all her strength and intuition to uncover long-kept secrets and fight for her freedom to be reunited with her son before he is abducted by her husband’s family.<br/><br/>The clock is ticking . . . but who can she trust?<br/><br/>Behind Closed Doors meets Orange is the New Black<br/><br/>REVIEWS and PRAISE for THE ART OF DECEPTION<br/><br/>"Marriage, obsession, and the blind trust of a young woman—Louise Mangos combines these elements into a catastrophic winter storm" - Christina Dalcher, Sunday Times bestselling author of VOX<br/><br/>"A disturbing, bittersweet tale" - The Book Doctor, Hall of Fame Top 100 Reviewer<br/><br/>"Another gripping thriller by Louise Mangos" - Diane Jeffrey, author of The Guilty Mother<br/><br/>"A beautifully written psychological thriller dealing with family, friendship & domestic abuse. Set partly in an idyllic alpine ski resort & partly in a Swiss women’s prison. An intriguing read with a twist I didn’t see coming" - JF, Amazon