‘A cracking page-turner from Phoebe Morgan’
Cara Hunter, bestselling author of All the Rage
‘Well-paced … Morgan has a particular skill for creating a vivid sense of place’
Daily Mail
‘Dark, twisty plotting, compelling characterisation and an ending I didn’t see coming at all’
Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange
‘Smart and sophisticated’
John Marrs, bestselling author of The One
‘Utterly absorbing’
C.L. Taylor, bestselling author of Strangers
‘Insightfully written’
Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of How to Disappear
‘A spine-chilling tale’
The Sun
‘Sublimely dark’
Woman & Home
‘Morgan knows how to ramp up the tension’
Woman
‘Kept me guessing until its chilling conclusion’
Lucy Clarke, author of You Let Me In
PHOEBE MORGAN is a bestselling author and editor. She studied English at Leeds University after growing up in the Suffolk countryside. She edits commercial fiction for a publishing house during the day, and writes her own books in the evenings. She lives in London and you can follow her on Twitter @Phoebe_A_Morgan, or find her blog about publishing and writing at www.phoebemorganauthor.com. Her books have sold over 150,000 copies and been translated into nine languages including French, Italian, Polish and Croatian. They are also on sale in the US, Canada and Australia. Phoebe has also contributed short stories to Afraid of the Light, a 2020 crime writing anthology with proceeds going to the Samaritans, Noir from the Bar, a crime collection with proceeds going to the NHS, and Afraid of the Christmas Lights, with all profits going to domestic abuse charities. Her four thrillers can be read in any order: The Doll House (2017), The Girl Next Door (2019), The Babysitter (2020), and The Wild Girls (2021).
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For my agent Camilla,
for always believing in me
Contents
Part One
