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In a close-knit English village, Chrissy and Alice were once best friends. So were their sons, Leo and Robbie. Until the night Leo killed Robbie with a single, devastating punch. Now Leo has gone to prison, Chrissy has lost her pub, and Alice has been pouring her anger into a twisted project...
As Leo's parole date approaches, the villagers are incensed and fearful about the prospect of his return. But when Chrissy arrives to collect Leo from prison, he isn't there. The staff tell her he has already been released, but nobody knows where he's gone.
As the village closes ranks, Chrissy realizes her former friends are suspects in her son's disappearance, not the least of which is still-bitter Alice. Is Leo being punished for what happened that terrible night? Or do the answers lie further back, in a dark past none of them wants to revisit?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Helen Cooper is a writer of psychological thrillers living in Leicester, UK.
She has taught English and Academic Writing in both Further and Higher Education and was Head of Learning Enhancement at the University of Birmingham. She has a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University and has been published in Writers' Forum, Mslexia, Woman, the Lincolnshire Echo and Derbyshire Life. She was shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Prize in 2014 and came third in the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize in 2018. Her novels include The Downstairs Neighbour, The Other Guest, The Couple In The Photo and My Darling Boy.
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