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A chilling psychological thriller about family – the ties that bind us, and the lies that destroy us. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and I Let You Go.You find your neighbour dead in his bath.Your son is with you. He sees everything.You discover your wife has been in the man’s house.It seems she knew him.Now the police need to speak to you.One night turns Alex Mercer’s life upside down. He loves his family and he wants to protect them, but there is too much he doesn’t know.He doesn’t know how the cracks in his and Millicent’s marriage have affected their son, Max. Or how Millicent’s bracelet came to be under the neighbour’s bed. He doesn’t know how to be a father to Max when his own world is shattering into pieces.Then the murder investigation begins…

A mother’s death replaces old loyalties with new, turns brother against brother, makes friends of enemies and enemies of friends. The chilling new psychological thriller by Ben McPherson, author of A LINE OF BLOOD.It didn’t feel much like murder at the time. Their stepfather was a cruel man, prone to unpredictable rages. No child should have to live with that.Ten years ago, Lucas’s sister stepped off the pavement into the path of a truck. It seems she couldn’t live with what she’d done. Now his mother is dead too, and old secrets are rising to the surface.Everything his mother had she’s left to Lucas – and turns out it’s a lot. Shocked and confused, Lucas begins to wonder what really happened to his mother. Why would she cut out his brother – her only other living child? And why does their uncle seem to be covering his tracks?Enter Farah – beautiful, clever, American – and the only person Lucas can turn to for help. She claims to see what Lucas can’t: that his uncle despises him, that his new stepfather is a bully, and that his own brother hates him. But in revealing the truth, will Farah be saving Lucas or leading him down a dangerous path?Soon enough, the situation escalates. Three deaths; two possible murders, and an attempt on Lucas’s life are enough to drive anyone over the edge. He finds himself growing increasingly obsessed – both with Farah and with the elegant power of his brother’s gun. It seems only a matter of time before three deaths become four…

The chilling new psychological thriller by Ben McPherson, author of A LINE OF BLOOD. A horrifying nightmare…A summer camp for teens, on a beautiful island. It should have been a haven. But it soon becomes hell on earth when two men start shooting.A country in shock…The families gather, desperately hoping their children have survived. Some have their prayers answered. Some must confront their worst nightmare.A family that will never be the same again…Cal and Elsa’s daughter Licia was on the island, but no one can find any trace of her. Delving into their daughter’s life, they uncover some shocking secrets. What really happened to Licia that day? Did she survive the shooting, or is she gone forever?‘Emotional, painful and utterly memorable’ Alex Marwood, bestselling author of The Wicked Girls

A chilling psychological thriller about family – the ties that bind us, and the lies that destroy us. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and I Let You Go.You find your neighbour dead in his bath.Your son is with you. He sees everything.You discover your wife has been in the man’s house.It seems she knew him.Now the police need to speak to you.One night turns Alex Mercer’s life upside down. He loves his family and he wants to protect them, but there is too much he doesn’t know.He doesn’t know how the cracks in his and Millicent’s marriage have affected their son, Max. Or how Millicent’s bracelet came to be under the neighbour’s bed. He doesn’t know how to be a father to Max when his own world is shattering into pieces.Then the murder investigation begins…

The chilling new psychological thriller by Ben McPherson, author of A LINE OF BLOOD.A horrifying nightmare…A summer camp for teens, on a beautiful island. It should have been a haven. But it soon becomes hell on earth when two men start shooting.A country in shock…The families gather, desperately hoping their children have survived. Some have their prayers answered. Some must confront their worst nightmare.A family that will never be the same again…Cal and Elsa’s daughter Licia was on the island, but no one can find any trace of her. Delving into their daughter’s life, they uncover some shocking secrets. What really happened to Licia that day? Did she survive the shooting, or is she gone forever?‘Emotional, painful and utterly memorable’ Alex Marwood, bestselling author of The Wicked Girls

In one of the most entertaining and twisty thrillers of the year a London family, a mother, father and young son, must deal with the murder of their secretive next door neighbor and the intrusive police investigation that follows. Readers will be faced with ever shifting and increasingly frightening suspicions that one or all of them had something to do with it.Alex Mercer loves his family more than anything. His wife Millicent and their precocious eleven-year-old son Max are everything to him, his little tribe. When he is with them all is right with the world. But when he and Max find their next door neighbour dead in his bathtub, their lives are suddenly and irrevocably changed. Max is surprisingly fascinated by the dead body, and Alex is understandably anxious about how Max will react later, once he takes it all in. And Alex is increasingly impatient for the police to conclude their investigation and call this the suicide that it so clearly was.But as new information surfaces, it becomes clear that there is more to this than anyone is saying... Why was the neighbour charging his home improvements to the Mercers'' address? How did Millicent''s bracelet end up in his apartment? And why, in fact, did Max lead his father into the house on the quiet summer night that they found the corpse? As suspicion grows between the three, the once close-knit family starts to disintegrate. Is Alex really the loving husband we believe him to be? And where is Millicent really going when she disappears for hours, walking the parks of London, stewing over something that she can''t forget?Each of them is suffering. Each has something to hide. And as each questions how well they really know each other, they must decide how far they''ll go to protect themselves-and each other-from investigators who are watching every move they make. Just waiting for someone to make a mistake.

A mother and father search for the truth behind their daughter''s disappearance in this stunning psychological suspense novel that takes Nordic noir to a level that is "emotional, painful, and utterly memorable" (Alex Marwood, Edgar Award–winning author of The Poison Garden).Cal and Elsa have the perfect relationship; they''re still deeply in love after fifteen years of marriage, they have three incredible children, and most importantly, they never lie to each other. But when their oldest daughter disappears in a summer camp shooting outside Oslo, Norway, Cal and Elsa''s lives are changed forever.Cal believes his family is strong enough to weather this blow and hold out hope for Licia''s return, but as they all deal with the tragedy in different ways, doubts begin to creep in. Their younger daughter, Vee, is definitely hiding something from her parents. And Elsa would never lie to Cal, but is she telling him the whole truth? As the reality of what happened at the camp comes to light, each family member''s morals will be tested. In the end, will their love for one another be enough to hold them together?