A gripping, twisty story of adultery and scandal from the bestselling author of Our House.

 

Candlish's writing draws you in immediately. - Heat

 

Everybody wants the truth . . . until they find it

 

Ginny and Adam Trustlove arrive on holiday in Italy torn apart by personal tragedy. Two weeks in a boathouse on the edge of peaceful Lake Orta is exactly what they need to restore their faith in life - and each other.

 

Twenty-four hours later, the silence is broken. The Sale family have arrived at the main villa: wealthy, high-flying Marty, his beautiful wife Bea, and their privileged, confident offspring. It doesn't take long for Ginny and Adam to be drawn in, especially when the teenage Pippi introduces a new friend into the circle. For there is something about Zach that has everyone instantly beguiled, something that loosens old secrets - and creates shocking new ones.

 

And, yet, not one of them suspects that his arrival in their lives might be anything other than accidental ...

 

Twists the knife right up to the very final page. - Ruth Ware

 

Addictive, twisty and oh so terrifyingly possible. - Clare Mackintosh

 

Terrifically twisty . . . hooks from the first page. - Sunday Times

 

Louise Candlish is a great writer; she inhaled me into her nightmarish world where everything we think we know is ripped from under our feet. - Fiona Barton

 

Keeps you guessing to the end - and beyond. - Stylist

 

A master of her craft. - Rosamund Lupton

 

A well-crafted story of scandal, identity and infidelity. - Sunday Mirror