HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN is the USA Today bestselling author of 14 psychological thrillers, winning the most prestigious awards in the genre: five Agathas, five Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. She is also on-air investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV, with 37 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors. National book critics call her “a superb and gifted storyteller”; she’s the only author to win the Agatha in four categories: Best First, Best Novel, Best Short Story and Best Non-Fiction.
One Wrong Word- One wrong word can ruin your life. And no one knows that better than savvy crisis management expert Arden Ward. Problem is—she’s now forced to handle a devastating crisis of her own, she’s unfairly accused of having an affair with a powerful client—and now her life and dreams are about to crash and burn. Arden is given an ultimatum. Cordelia needs help for her husband Ned, a Boston real estate mogul. Though he was recently acquitted in a fatal drunk driving accident, his reputation is ruined, and the fallout is devastating to the Bannisters’ lives. Arden devotes her skill and determination—and maybe her final days on the job—to helping this shattered family, but soon, revelations begin to emerge about what really happened the night of the accident. This case is Arden’s final chance to protect her own future and clear her name, but the more she tries to untangle the truth, the more she’s haunted by one disturbing question—what if she’s also protecting a killer? Gossip. Lies. Rumors. Words like that can hurt you. Sometimes one wrong word can even kill…