The Woman in the Hall

She didn't want men to be in love with her. She wanted power and a dangerous gamble and the fun of winning and putting herself over as a sweet savior, till at last she came to believe it herself.

Lorna Blake is a woman able to create her own reality—a pathological liar, narcissist conman, and devoted single mother to two daughters, Jay and Molly.

When her eldest needs lifesaving treatment that they cannot afford, Lorna takes up the risky but thrilling activity of taking her young daughters ...