Betrayal

by Kay Burley

A breaking story, a terrible legacy, and five days to discover the truth.

Lily Dunlop has it all – wealth, privilege and the perfect fiancé. Until, on the day of her 21st birthday, she receives a mysterious card which shatters everything she has ever known.

A deadly secret is held securely in a safety deposit box, and nothing is going to keep Lily from reaching it, even if she has to orchestrate a robbery to get to it. On Christmas Eve, armed with a replica gun, Lily takes her chance. Little does she realise however, that when the doors slam shut behind her, she and her accidental hostages will be locked in the vault for 5 long days.

Meanwhile, the story of the heiress turned robber transfixes the nation, the drama unfolding to a gripped TV audience 24 hours a day. What could possibly make this privileged young woman take such desperate actions? And what exactly is daddy’s little girl hiding?

400 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2012

About the author

Burley's first novel, titled First Ladies, is due to be released on May 12, 2011. The book is an erotic romance set in the media industry, including television news.

Reviews

[Karen Rufus · Rating 3 out of 5]

So flipping disappointing. 400 pages later ... it finishes with the words 'To be continued'
So I've read the entire book and the author does not reveal the ending!! 🤬🤬 I hate this Iazy style of ending. Not happy!

[Renita D'Silva · Rating 3 out of 5]

A poignant exploration of families and the secrets that fester within them

[Brenda · Rating 2 out of 5]

The characters in this book were stereotyped and not believable. The unnecessary and grating descriptions were barely tolerable. An intriguing story had the potential to lift the book up to become at least a quick and easy read. But the lack of any closure at the end rendered it utterly frustrating. I hated it and will not be strung along a second time by this author. I gave this book two stars because I read it to the end.

[Stephanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have to agree with others who have said this is distinctly amateurish, and unless I'm very much mistaken there were also some glaring errors in grammar which are not excusable in my book (pardon the pun).
The ending just annoyed me, and was a suitably poor conclusion to a pretty rubbish story.

[Pam]

I had to give up on reading this book. It just seems like a long list of name dropping of famous people , the characters are not likable and the storyline doesn't grab you.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's as far from literary fiction as you can get, but I did find it was a 'page turner' and was sufficiently interested to want to find out what happens. But the ending......!!

[Nicola · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful

[Elaine Lewis · Rating 2 out of 5]

The ending was very disappointing.
There was no great mystery, it was obvious right away what the big secret was.

[Sophie Houston]

Aaargh! I marked this as 'read' only in the absence of a 'threw it across the room in disgust' option. Possibly the most amateurishly written crap I've ever held in my hand - I gave up at page 19!

[Difly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this story. Good summer reading and I was intrigued. I enjoyed the inside look at the news world. I might actually read the sequel!

[Kylie Pyatt · Rating 1 out of 5]

terrible - one of the worst books i've read