**THE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK**

'A breathless, shocking thriller' Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name
'Smart, propulsive and impossible to put down' Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me
'A suspenseful as it is thought-provoking' Greer Hendricks, author of The Wife Between Us

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT THE ONE YOU LOVE?

Cleo is a college student: rebellious and provocative, with no interest in playing by the rules.

Kat is her mother and her opposite: a happily married corporate lawyer - the essence of perfection.

But when Cleo arrives home to find dinner burning, a bloody shoe under the sofa and no sign of Kat, it becomes clear that the one thing both mother and daughter have in common is keeping secrets.

Who is Kat really? And if her lies were meant to protect them, how dangerous is the truth?

Praise for Kimberly McCreight

'Riveting. I could not put this down!' Taylor Jenkins-Reid, author of Atmosphere
'Haunting, suspenseful and deeply moving' Megan Miranda, author of Such a Quiet Place
'Part legal thriller, part domestic suspense, pure page turner' Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl
'Gripping and bingeable' Ana Reyes, author of The House in the Pines

Explores motherhood in all its complexities - wrapped up in a breathless, shocking thriller I could not put down * Jodi Picoult *
Smart, propulsive and impossible to put down * Laura Dave *
A gripping thriller. As suspenseful as it is thought-provoking. * Greer Hendricks *
Gripping and bingeable * Ana Reyes *
Haunting, suspenseful and deeply moving * Megan Miranda *
A deeply satisfying nail-biter that is, at its heart, a beautiful love story of a mother and a daughter * Angie Kim *
A rollercoaster . . . Brava! * Adriana Trigiani *
A dizzyingly delicious page-turner * Janelle Brown *
Stunning . . . cathartic * Chandler Baker *

Kimberly McCreight is the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, A Good Marriage and Friends Like These, among other novels. She’s been nominated for multiple awards and her writing translated worldwide. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her two daughters.