WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMEONE DIES

''This is not my world. Something is wrong, askew. . . I am Ellie Falkner, thirty-four years old and married to Greg Manning. Although two police officers have just come to my door and told me he is dead . . . '' It''s devastating to hear that your husband has died in a horrific car accident. But to learn that he died with a mystery woman as his passenger is torment. Was Greg having an affair? Drowning in grief, Ellie clings to Greg''s innocence, and her determination to prove it to the world at large means she must find out who Milena Livingstone was and what she was doing in Greg''s car. But in the process those around her begin to question her sanity and motive. And the louder she shouts that Greg must have been murdered, the more suspicion falls on Ellie herself. Sometimes it''s safer to keep silent when someone dies. Suspicion, paranoia and gut-wrenching deception are at the heart of Nicci French''s gripping new thriller. ''French is excellent at building up suspense and elegantly exploiting all our worst fears.'' Daily Mail