Some secrets are deadly. Some obsessions are fatal.
Jed Thomas has worked hard to rebuild his life after the tragic loss of his fiancée. Now remarried, he has a respected job as a PE teacher, loyal friends, and what looks like the perfect life.
But behind closed doors, Jed is hiding a painful secret. Just as he begins to contemplate a way out, a new danger emerges.
A fifteen-year-old pupil has become fixated on him, her behaviour crossing lines that cannot be uncrossed. When Jed reports her actions, no one believes him. Then, on a friend's stag night, things spiral out of control.
Jed finds himself accused of a crime he didn't commit. Betrayed by someone he once trusted, he's arrested and publicly disgraced. His reputation is shattered. He's alone, discredited and running out of options.
But the worst is yet to come.
As lives unravel and truths come to light, Jed is forced to confront just how far obsession, betrayal and revenge can go. His world is about to implode. And not everyone will survive the fallout.
A standalone psychological thriller for fans of Apple Tree Yard and Anatomy of a Scandal.
Jed Thomas has worked hard to rebuild his life after the tragic loss of his fiancée. Now remarried, he has a respected job as a PE teacher, loyal friends, and what looks like the perfect life.
But behind closed doors, Jed is hiding a painful secret. Just as he begins to contemplate a way out, a new danger emerges.
A fifteen-year-old pupil has become fixated on him, her behaviour crossing lines that cannot be uncrossed. When Jed reports her actions, no one believes him. Then, on a friend's stag night, things spiral out of control.
Jed finds himself accused of a crime he didn't commit. Betrayed by someone he once trusted, he's arrested and publicly disgraced. His reputation is shattered. He's alone, discredited and running out of options.
But the worst is yet to come.
As lives unravel and truths come to light, Jed is forced to confront just how far obsession, betrayal and revenge can go. His world is about to implode. And not everyone will survive the fallout.
A standalone psychological thriller for fans of Apple Tree Yard and Anatomy of a Scandal.
- A taut, unsettling psychological thriller about secrets, obsession and the price of a perfect life.
Jed Thomas has rebuilt everything he lost. Then a fifteen-year-old pupil decides he belongs to her.
For readers of false-accusation thrillers like Apple Tree Yard, Anatomy of a Scandal, and the novels of Lisa Jewell.
A domestic thriller about how quickly a respectable life can come apart in public.
A standalone novel from J.M. Simpson, with a final act that lands like a door slamming shut.
Genre: Mystery
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