{"product_id":"the-choice-9780593188002","title":"The Choice","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick\u003ci\u003e Wrong Place, Wrong Time \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJust Another Missing Person\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e comes a captivating, ingenious novel about a woman who must make an impossible decision....\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A \u003ci\u003eSliding Doors\u003c\/i\u003e thriller with a moral dilemma at its heart. Brilliant.\"--Claire Douglas, author of \u003ci\u003eLast Seen Alive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the end of a night out and Joanna is walking home alone. Then she hears the sound every woman dreads: footsteps behind her, getting faster. She's sure it's him--the man from the bar who wouldn't leave her alone. So Joanna makes a snap decision. She turns, she pushes. Her pursuer tumbles down the steps and lies motionless, facedown on the ground. Now what? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAddictive and compelling, \u003ci\u003e The Choice \u003c\/i\u003efollows the two paths Joanna's future might take, depending on the choice she makes. If she calls the police right away, she can save the man's life. Yet doing so puts her own innocence at risk, as she waits for judgment on a charge of assault and the hope that her husband and everyone she loves will stand by her. But if she runs and goes home as if nothing has happened, no one will ever know. No one saw her do it, and it's only up to Joanna to keep quiet...forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Almost unbearably tense.\u003cb\u003e\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGillian McAllister\u003c\/b\u003e has been writing for as long as she can remember. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eWrong Place Wrong Time \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eEverything But the Truth, Anything You Do Say \u003c\/i\u003e(titled \u003ci\u003eThe Choice \u003c\/i\u003ein the US)\u003ci\u003e, No Further Questions \u003c\/i\u003e(titled \u003ci\u003eThe Good Sister \u003c\/i\u003ein the US\u003ci\u003e), The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e That Night.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also the creator and co-host of the popular \u003ci\u003eHonest Authors \u003c\/i\u003epodcast.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707612893458,"sku":"9780593188002","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_75335e78-4cc6-472f-a952-34b79c1449a8.jpg?v=1734500545","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-choice-9780593188002","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}