Publisher: Michael Joseph
Release date: 19 June 2025
Back cover blurb: Natalie has spent ten years trying to get over the twin set of events which changed her life forever. The first: the moment her boss assaulted her. The second: the moment the jury declared him innocent - and her, a liar. The memories continue to haunt Natalie, and in her attempts to block out the past, she often wakes up with no recollection of where she’s been – or what she’s done. So when her husband, Ryan, gets accused of the same crime, Natalie comes perilously close to the edge. Natalie wants to believe him. But when the body of the young woman who made the accusation is found in the woods near their house, Ryan becomes a prime suspect, and Natalie realises she can't trust anyone - herself included...
Ryan and Natalie Campbell live a nice quiet middle class life. But their lives are dominated by a horrific event in Natalie's past.
Ryan is sympathetic to a point, but feels that he is lacking in his marriage and seeks comfort in a colleague.
Alice.
Alice is young, pretty and willing.
She and Ryan sleep together and that's where everything begins to go horribly wrong.
Ryan says it was consensual.
Alice says it wasn't.
Natalie is a lawyer who has struggled with life after being brutally attacked and raped early on in her career by a fellow professional.
The case went to trial, but the jury declared the perpetrator innocent and Natalie's life has never been the same since.
When Alice accuses Ryan, Natalie wants to believe that he is innocent. But she is so blighted by her past trauma that she just can't.
And then suddenly Alice is murdered...
Ryan protests he has nothing to do with it. Natalie doesn't know what to think, or who to trust. Least of all herself.
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