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Book cover of What Lies Between Us
What Lies Between UsJohn Marrs

Characters in What Lies Between Us

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Nina Simmonds

    Maggie's daughter and one of the novel's two narrators; keeps her mother chained in the attic, and suffers memory lapses tied to violent fits of rage.

  • Maggie Simmonds

    Nina's mother, kept captive in the attic; her actions are driven by a long-hidden attempt to protect Nina from the truth about the past.