When Mel arrives at the holiday cottage in the Lake District, she expects to find the heating on and her husband Luke and the two children waiting for her. Maybe a bottle of wine open…

Instead, there is just a note on the side, saying they’ve gone out for a walk.

But they aren’t back several hours later, and Mel knows something is wrong. Really wrong. When a search doesn’t find them, she has to confess to the police that her marriage isn’t all that it seems.

Even if that risks her own secrets being revealed…

An absolutely incredible, page-turning psychological thriller with a twist you won’t see coming, for fans of Gone Girl, Behind Closed Doors and Ruth Ware.

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The inspiration for this story came from three different strands; news stories that I found equally shocking and which, when combined together, made a perfect storm.

The first strand is, sadly, a recurring theme in the news – innocent people being drugged and abused by a wide variety of perpetrators. There have been several such cases and it feels like a frighteningly common occurrence; one that tumbles an innocent life into a nightmare scenario.

The second strand was an article about mothers on benefits selling sex in lieu of rent, or to earn money to buy food, and it made me think about debt and how prevalent it is in our society today. How people who are struggling to survive have to consider the unthinkable just to get by.

The third element of the story, which really hit home to me after doing research, was the amount of abusive videos available online. We are talking millions. And these don’t go away, even if the perpetrators are caught and punished; the videos have a life of their own once they have been circulated. This means that people are re-victimised every time a video is shared. It makes you wonder if the internet is a blessing or a curse, doesn’t it?

My heart goes out to anyone who has been in any of these situations and I sincerely hope they find the strength to seek the help they need to come to terms with what has happened to them and move forward with their lives.