We all make mistakes. Moments that change us and the path we are on irrevocably.For Rachel Allen it was the moment that she let her son's hand slip from hers. For Danny Simpson and Graham Harris it was the moment one of them took it.Seven years ago Danny and Graham were just children themselves, angry, marginalized and unguided. That was, until they committed a crime so heinous that three families were left devastated. They were no longer just boys. They were monsters.Released from juvenile detention, it is time for the boys, now men, to start again; new names, new people. But they can never escape who they are or what they did. And their own families, now notorious; the Allens, destroyed with grief; and the country at large have never been able to forget.They will always be running. They will always be hiding. But are some mistakes too large, the ripples to far reaching, to outrun forever?
Surviving the weekend depends on whether you can keep a secret . . .
Lindsey hasn't spoken to Rachel in twenty years, not since her brother's eighteenth birthday party at their parents' remote country house.
A night that shattered so many friendships - and left Rachel's father dead.
Now Thornbury Hall is up for sale, and the old gang are back there, together again.
A weekend to say goodbye to the old place, to talk about the past.
But twenty years of secrets aren't given up lightly. Some won't speak about what happened that night.
While others want to ensure that no one ever does.
*One of Red Magazine's Top Ten Crime Reads for Autumn*
Praise for Karen Perry
'Keeps us guessing until the very last page' Liz Nugent
'Intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy' Tana French
'Like Gone Girl . . . The most gripping thing I've read for ages' Evening Standard