Karen Perry
1 SeriesKaren Perry is the pen name for Irish authors Paul Perry and Karen Gillece, who specialize in suspense novels. Paul Perry has been honored with the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year Award and serves as a writer and course director in poetry at Dublin's Faber Academy. Karen Gillece received the European Union Prize for Literature (Ireland) in 2009.
Girl Unknown by Karen Perry follows David and Caroline Connolly, a couple managing the challenges of midlife marriage. They are raising two children, caring for David's ailing mother, and pursuing their careers—David at a university where he is poised for a promotion, and Caroline at an ad agency she has recently rejoined. Their past struggles, including home renovations and Caroline's brief affair, seem behind them. The narrative takes a turn when a young woman enters their lives, threatening to unravel their carefully balanced existence. This standalone novel explores the depths of their relationship and the secrets that test their bond.
