The Checkout Girl

A woman’s dangerous obsession threatens to expose her troubled past, in this novel of psychological suspense from the acclaimed author of Five Bad Deeds. A former HR executive with an upwardly mobile lifestyle in London, Evelyn Meyer now works behind the register at a supermarket ninety minutes outside the big city. She tells people that she grew tired of the rat race and wanted to try something different. The truth, involving an incident with a former colleague, is a bit more complicated. Far from any friends or family, Evelyn is bored and intensely lonely, with work her only social outlet. And the highlight of each week is seeing JP and Tara, an attractive couple twenty years her junior who regularly pass through her checkout line, chatting with her as they pay for cat food or kitchen cleaner.