This is a used copy of the book (been read once) but it is in new condition. this book is called unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent. This is a perfect thriller for a Halloween read. Oliver Ryan has the perfect life. elegant and seductive, he wants for nothing, sharing a lovely home with his steadfast wife Alice who illustrates the award-winning children's books that have brought him wealth and fame. Until one evening, after eating the dinner Alice has carefully prepared, Oliver savagely assaults her and leaves her for dead. The people who know Oliver can only speculate about the reasons behind his brutal act: his empty headed mistress Moya, vain and petulant; the French vineyard owner Veronique, who tragically lost everything the summer she employed him; Alice's friend Barney, who has nursed an unrequited love for her since childhood; Oliver's college pal Michael, struggling with voiceless longings that have shamed him for years. What none of them understands is the dark secret that lies behind his immaculate facade. The revelations that come to light as the layers of Oliver's past are peeled away are as brutal as his singular act of violence. His decades of careful deception have masked a life irrevocably marked by abandonment, envy and shame - and as the details of that life are laid bare, Oliver discovers that outrunning his demons is harder than it looks.