Perfect families have the most to hide...
I feel so lucky to live in a gorgeous house with my precious daughter on Riverside Road, surrounded by green hills and well-tended gardens. I'm just across from the Taylors, who were a second family to me when I was growing up. But late at night, I spot someone in the house across the street. Someone who shouldn't be there...
Lily Taylor and I are best friends and closer than sisters, but life in our idyllic neighbourhood comes to a shuddering halt when I find Lily's father murdered in his own bed. As I break the news to Lily, I swear to her that I'll do everything I can to help her family. Who could possibly have done this?
I tell the police, but while they're trying to find the killer, I start getting threatening notes that leave me shaking with fear. Then someone throws a brick through my eleven-year-old daughter Cassie's bedroom window, covering her in shards of broken glass. As I stand in her wrecked bedroom, I make a choice. I am desperate to help Lily get justice, but my daughter's safety has to come first.
Even when I stop helping with the investigation, the messages keep coming. Someone knows what I saw, and I'm terrified they'll come for my little girl next. But they've underestimated me.
No matter how far I have to go, I'll always protect the people I love...
An astonishingly gripping psychological thriller with a truly shocking twist from USA Today bestseller Jill Childs! If you love Sally Hepworth, The Woman in the Window or Liane Moriarty, you'll adore this up-all-night, addictive thriller.
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was completely hooked... utterly impossible to put down! Wow! I read it from cover to cover in one sitting... stunning.' Goodreads reviewer
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'OMG!!!! WHAT DID I JUST READ!?!?! MIND-BLOWN!!!!... Absolutely addictive and had me sucked in from the first page until the explosive ending... I couldn't stop listening to this book until early hours of the morning... Completely blew my mind... Absolutely hooked... Absolutely mind-blowing... Never in a million years I would have guessed the bombshell that hit me in the last few pages!!!... Absolutely addictive book!!... I LOVED it.' Bookworm86
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Oh my god!!!!... This book swallowed me up!!!! I was absolutely invested right from the beginning... A must read! I did not see the twist coming.' @cathys.current.reads
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A SHOCKING twist at the end that I never saw coming... Wow! I literally gasped out loud!' Goodreads reviewer
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow, if I could give this 10 stars I would. What an amazing book... Fantastic twist at the end, can't recommend this book enough. Definitely the best book I've read all year.' NetGalley reviewer
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow it does take your breath away... absolutely loved this book and couldn't put it down... fantastic.' Carol Drinkwater