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A NOVEL BY JACQUELINE AYERS ✦ CRIME THRILLER

A STORY ABOUT THE COST OF LOVE

A Matter
of Wife or
Debt.

Some debts demand
more than money.

Embezzlement. Family secrets. Kidnapping. Murder. How far would you go to save someone you love?

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THE TRUTH HAS A PRICE.
01 / THE SOUND OF SUSPENSE
A STORY YOU CAN FEEL.
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01 THE QUESTION
“How far would you go
to save someone you loved?”
A MATTER OF WIFE OR DEBT
Original book cover for A Matter of Wife or Debt by Jacqueline Ayers, featuring a woman bound to a chair
THE NOVEL ↗ 001
02 THE STORY

BENEATH THE PERFECT LIFE

A life to envy.
A world to fear.

Claire and Grant Chapman have the life everyone wants. Until the secrets beneath it begin to surface.

A Manhattan brownstone. Successful careers. Powerful connections. But behind the wealth are dangerous debts and loyalties built on lies. When Claire disappears, the cost becomes terrifyingly personal.

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CRIMESECRETSSUSPENSE
03 THE OPENING

THE FIRST SECRET IS WAITING

It begins at a funeral.

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04 THE AUTHOR

MEET THE STORYTELLER

Jacqueline
Ayers.

Born near Toronto and now based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Jacqueline Ayers brings a lifetime of observations and experience to her storytelling. A Matter of Wife or Debt is part of a wider world of writing that includes poetry and children's books.

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Portrait of author Jacqueline AyersJACQUELINE AYERS / AUTHOR

EVERY CHOICE HAS A CONSEQUENCE

If love has a price,
what would you pay?

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