新銳作家Renee Shafransky初試啼聲的作品《Tips for Living》是一部引人入勝的心理驚悚小說，故事描繪一位失婚的婦女，在前夫與新歡的謀殺案之中，渴望找出真兇洗刷自己的清白，但是卻又無法自拔的沉浸在自己黑暗的復仇想像之中，深陷在回憶、現實與幻想的泥淖中。令人聯想起暢銷小說《列車上的女孩》。

當諾拉(Nora)發現結婚多年的丈夫休(Hugh)出軌讓另一名女性懷孕之後，便暗自發誓：無論代價都一定要奪回原本屬於自己的人生！

經過了三年，在好友 、家人的幫助之下，諾拉在紐約市的近郊小鎮，找到了一份工作，為當地的小報撰寫專欄，並且開始和其他的男性約會。當諾拉即將展開自己的人生時，休和他完美的全新家庭，竟然搬進了諾拉附近住了下來，讓諾拉再次陷入了過往不堪的回憶之中，那些埋藏在心底的忌妒、羞辱與怨恨，全都一次湧上心頭。

然而，當休與他現任的妻子在家中遭到不明人士槍殺時，諾拉的處境卻變得更加的嚴峻，在警方與外人的眼中，諾拉的嫌疑最為重大。

諾拉亟欲洗刷自己的清白，不幸的是她卻發現自己腦海中的記憶與復仇的黑暗幻想，混雜交織在了一起。而她又該如何分得清楚現實與想像，證明自己不是殺人兇手？

 

Renée Shafransky 是一位作家暨心理學家。她經常在各大報章雜誌、期刊中發表文章與論文。並且曾經為HBO及許多電視台撰寫劇本。現為紐約市職業的心理治療師。本書《Tips for Living》為她的處女作小說。

 

“In Tips for Living, Reneé Shafransky proves herself to be a terrific storyteller. In addition to perfect pacing and edge-of-the seat suspense, the story has a genuinely appealing narrator whose humor and smarts grabbed me from the start and never let me go. The minute I finished I wanted more!” —Nancy Star, bestselling author of Sisters One, Two, Three

“An immersive, pitch-perfect debut. Tips for Living is a must-read.” —A. J. Banner, Amazon and USA Today bestselling author

“A terrific and nuanced novel from an original new voice in suspense. Shafransky weaves an intriguing tale of mystery and murder with ease and genuine insight. You’ll absolutely love it. I sure did.” —Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Move over, Girl on a Train, and give up your seat to Nora Glasser, the fascinatingly complex wronged woman at the center of Tips for Living, Renée Shafransky’s rollicking good ride of a novel. The immensely talented Shafransky deftly balances a page-turning whodunit with the darker undertones of a story about class warfare in a picturesque New York seaside town where summer people and townies clash and attract. And nearly everyone seems capable of murder. All aboard. You’ll be sorry when this trip is over.” —Gloria Norris, author of KooKooLand