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A dark psychological thriller from a brilliant new voice.

What would you do for the perfect life? Would you lie? Would you cheat? Would you kill? When Cecilia ends up looking after a boy with no home, dark secrets from her past force their way to surface...

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A brilliant, twisty psychological thriller. Perfect for fans of Friend Request , He Said/She Said and A Simple Favour .

´Unsettling, layered, bold, unpredictable, dark. EXCELLENT´ Will Dean, author of Dark Pines .

´Grips like a vice ... REMARKABLE´ Crime Time .

Everyone has secrets. Even those who seem to be perfect...

On a rainy October evening, Cecilia Wilborg - loving wife, devoted mother, tennis club regular - is waiting for her kids to finish their swimming lesson. It´s been a long day. She can almost taste the crisp, cold glass of Chablis she´ll pour for herself once the girls are tucked up in bed.

But what Cecilia doesn´t know, is that this is the last time life will feel normal. Tonight she´ll be asked to drop a little boy home, a simple favour that will threaten to expose her deepest, darkest secret...

´STUNNING ... Intricate and twisted with dark secrets emerging at every turn´ ALEXANDRA BURT, author of Sunday Times bestseller Little Girl Gone .

´Heartbreaking and HEAD-SPINNING´ MARY TORJUSSEN, author of Gone Without a Trace .

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´Stunning ... an extraordinary plot; intricate and twisted with dark secrets emerging at every turn. An engaging mystery with an ending you won´t see coming´ Alexandra Burt.

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Dahl, Alex
Alex Dahl is a half-American, half-Norwegian author. Born in Oslo, she studied Russian and German linguistics with international studies, then went on to complete an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University and an MSc in business management at Bath University. A committed Francophile, Alex loves to travel, and has so far lived in Moscow, Paris, Stuttgart, Sandefjord, Switzerland, Bath and London. Her first thriller, The Boy at the Door , was a Sunday Times Crime Club star pick. Follow Alex on Twitter (@alexdahlauthor), Instagram (@authoralex) and Facebook (alexdahlauthor).

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