Two women. One night. So many deaths.When radio journalist Pete Bailey betrays his wife Meg on his fortieth birthday, he has no idea of the terrible consequences that will follow his infidelity.His passionate relationship with Meg is on the rocks and they’re having no luck starting a family.It’s only when he meets TV reporter Ellie Turner on a working weekend away from home that Pete succumbs to … away from home that Pete succumbs to her charms in a moment of weakness.
His treacherous actions set off a chain of events fueled by jealousy, revenge, violence and hatred.
Five people will lose their lives as a result of Pete’s deception and he will be compelled to confront the ugly truth about his wife and his best friend, Jem.
He thought that nobody would ever discover what he’d done with Ellie … but he didn’t know who was listening in the room next door.
Don’t Tell Meg is the first part of a trilogy of thrillers.
Book 2, The Murder Place and Book 3, The Forgotten Children are also available.
Please note that this book contains mild violence, bad language and sexual references.
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Totally unrealistic…wild imagination….
This would have been a good book if not for the long tangents that author interjected into the plot. I skipped through a lot of pages.
It was alright. There were a few encounters that didn’t seem very plausible to me. Also, there were a lot of necessary explanations provided in the very last chapters. This book is the first of a trilogy, but it does end off where you’re not required to read the other books. I will not be continuing with the rest of the trilogy.
Poorly written, poorly edited, ridiculous story. I wondered what about the synopsis made me think I’d enjoy it. The author could have gone a teensy bit further and made it a parody or spoof and it would have been better (a deranged person on a bell tower, really?). The plot was contrived and not in the least believable. Neither the settings nor the characters were imaginable. The British expressions were annoying and I had no idea if they were vulgar or silly. I finished this book by skimming and swiping the pages in my kindle as fast as I could, just to get to the end. I laughed out loud when I found that the book was a “cliff hanger” and continued in a series. Terrible book. I deleted it from my library.
The story line was interesting but I found the writing to be kind of simplistic and made the read more boring than anything else.
I wished the ending was different.
Not a bad plot. Some parts seemed unrealistic. Overall, an OK book.
don’t want to read about a guy’s reasons for cheating
I am so happy that I have discovered the writings of Paul J Teague! This is book one of the Don’t Tell Meg Trilogy. Each book in the series was a captivating read. For all fans of the psychological thriller, I highly recommend these.
high interest with twists to final chapter
I tried to get into the story and characters, but frankly just found them whiny and unsympathetic.
Good read
A roller coaster of twists & turns. Some ‘Oh! Didn’t see that coming’ . Enjoyable, haunting, heartwrenching at times. All for a one-night-stand.
Too fake and unhappy
One eye roll after the other.
Enjoy all this writer’s work!
Really enjoyed this engrossing book and read it from cover to cover in one sitting
I stopped halfway through it.
Started out great – good character development, seemed to be a good story. Then in strayed into the land of unbelievable. Not sure how there can be two more stories in this trilogy.
I’m currently reading the third book in the trilogy…I love the characters and the twisting story lines keep me turning the pages for more.