Last Updated on May 2, 2024 by BiblioLifestyle

Keep Your Friends Close by Leah Konen

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How well do you know your friends?  Dive into a gripping tale of friendship, betrayal, and a mysterious disappearance in Leah Konen’s “Keep Your Friends Close.”  In the novel we meet Mary, who is isolated and in a custody battle, and she is yearning for a friend.  She meets the charming Willa and their friendship seems fated, until she shares a secret about her ex, George, when Willa disappears.  Two months later, Mary encounters Willa, now Annie, with a new family.  When George is found dead and Mary is a suspect, she questions Willa’s involvement.  So Mary must determine if Willa is a friend or foe before it’s too late.

Keep Your Friends Close by Leah Konen on Amazon or Bookshop.   

Keep Your Friends Close by Leah Konen on Amazon or Bookshop. 

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About Leah Konen

Leah Konen is the author of Keep Your Friends Close, You Should Have Told Me, The Perfect Escape, All the Broken People, and several young adult novels, including Love and Other Train Wrecks and The Romantics. Her books have been featured in Vogue, Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Reader’s Digest and The NY Post, among others. She lives in Brooklyn and Saugerties, New York, with her husband; their daughters, Eleanor and Mary Joyce; and their dog, Farley.

Keep Your Friends Close on Amazon or Bookshop. 

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