To all the journalists and book bloggers who provide invaluable support and who take part in blog tours and offer reviews. You are amazingly generous with your time and praise and I am forever grateful. Special love to Mairead at Swirl & Thread and Margaret Bonass Madden at Bleachhouse Library.

To the friends who have held my hand, Julie-Anne, Vicki, Carey Ann, Erin, Catherine – thank you.

To my readers, Facebook followers, Twitter pals – thank you so much. Our chats and interaction help to make a very isolated profession a lot more bearable. Thanks in particular to Sam Missingham for invaluable industry support and advice.

And lastly to my family who are my everything. Mum and Dad, Peter, Eavan, Lisa, Mark, Emma, Niall, Abby, Ethan, Darcy, Arya, Thomas and Finn – thank you. To my husband, Neil, thank you for giving me the time and space to live my dream. To my children, Joe and Cara – everything is for you both. You are the greatest loves of my life. And to the two frankly disinterested cats, and the one very interested and amazingly cute puppy, Izzy, thanks for the cuddles.

More from Claire Allan …

Someone is watching her. She just doesn’t know it yet.

The unputdownable new book with twists and turns you won’t see coming.

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Not all secrets are meant to come out …

A gripping novel that will have you on the edge of your seat.

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They’ve never found my body …

A chilling serial killer thriller with a breathtaking twist.

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Just how far is a mother willing to go?

A compelling psychological thriller from the USA Today bestseller.

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Her name was Rose. You watched her die. And her death has created a vacancy.

A powerful and emotional psychological thriller that will keep you guessing.

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About the Author

Claire Allan is a former journalist from Derry in Northern Ireland, where she still lives with her husband, two children, two cats and a hyperactive puppy.

In her eighteen years as a journalist she covered a wide range of stories from attempted murders, to court sessions, to the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday, right down to the local parish notes.

She has previously published eight women’s fiction novels. Her first thriller, Her Name Was Rose, was published in 2018 and became a USA Today bestseller, followed by Apple of My Eye and Forget Me Not in 2019.