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The gripping new thriller in the Stephanie King series, available to pre-order now.
WOULD YOU KEEP A SECRET FOR A STRANGER, IF IT MEANT THE BLOOD WAS ON YOUR HANDS?
Celia, Juliette and Nadia are complete strangers with one thing in common: they have all been wronged by Ellis Cobain. A wealthy philanthropist on course for a knighthood, Ellis’ public persona is bulletproof – but lurking beneath this veneer is a sinister side that only the women closest to him have seen.
When they meet at a boutique hotel on the Cornish coast, brought together by the blind arrogance of their tormentor, they realise what connects them and form a pact: to blackmail him and free themselves from his grasp.
But when he is discovered the next morning, murdered in cold blood, they are left scrambling. None of them knows who did it, and now they must desperately cover their tracks.
Will they keep each other’s secrets, now they are all implicated in his death? Will one turn on the others, when any of them could be next?
Praise for Rachel Abbott:
‘I was entranced. Perfectly formed characters, [a] grippingly tense storyline. OUTSTANDING’ Angela Marsons
‘A real masterclass in simmering tension that builds until the shocking end.’ KL Slater
‘One of my top reads of 2023. The tension kept me gripped until the final page.’ DS Butler
‘What a storyteller Rachel Abbott is… I was hooked from the start’ Cara Hunter
‘Compulsive reading’ Harriet Tyce
‘I raced through this compelling, twisty novel.’ Laura Marshall
‘A total delight’ Daily Mail
‘Takes your breath away’ Sun
‘A brilliant read, full of suspense’ Closer
WOULD YOU KEEP A SECRET FOR A STRANGER, IF IT MEANT THE BLOOD WAS ON YOUR HANDS?
Celia, Juliette and Nadia are complete strangers with one thing in common: they have all been wronged by Ellis Cobain. A wealthy philanthropist on course for a knighthood, Ellis’ public persona is bulletproof – but lurking beneath this veneer is a sinister side that only the women closest to him have seen.
When they meet at a boutique hotel on the Cornish coast, brought together by the blind arrogance of their tormentor, they realise what connects them and form a pact: to blackmail him and free themselves from his grasp.
But when he is discovered the next morning, murdered in cold blood, they are left scrambling. None of them knows who did it, and now they must desperately cover their tracks.
Will they keep each other’s secrets, now they are all implicated in his death? Will one turn on the others, when any of them could be next?
Praise for Rachel Abbott:
‘I was entranced. Perfectly formed characters, [a] grippingly tense storyline. OUTSTANDING’ Angela Marsons
‘A real masterclass in simmering tension that builds until the shocking end.’ KL Slater
‘One of my top reads of 2023. The tension kept me gripped until the final page.’ DS Butler
‘What a storyteller Rachel Abbott is… I was hooked from the start’ Cara Hunter
‘Compulsive reading’ Harriet Tyce
‘I raced through this compelling, twisty novel.’ Laura Marshall
‘A total delight’ Daily Mail
‘Takes your breath away’ Sun
‘A brilliant read, full of suspense’ Closer
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