ALL FAMILIES HAVE SECRETS. BUT IT'S THE LIES THAT CAN KILL. The compelling new novel about power, money and lies from the author of Anatomy of a Scandal. ‘A flawlessly constructed thriller, perfectly paced and filled with smart reveals!’ LUCY CLARKE, The Castaways‘A rich, intoxicating brew, I loved it’ LOUISE CANDLISH, Our House‘The ultimate literary thriller!’ VERONICA HENRY, The Beach HutA lavish 70th birthday party.A body found on a storm-lashed beach. And a secret that someone is dying to tell... Famed children’s author Dame Eleanor Kingman has summoned her family and friends to her exquisite manor house on the cliffs.They're celebrating her birthday – and her latest number one bestseller in her series of books based on a mother fox and her cubs. But the night before the party, Eleanor receives an email: an email that threatens to expose the lie she’s kept up for over half a century. Someone knows her secret. Is it her estranged literary agent? Is it her ex-husband, to whom she no longer speaks? Is it the nanny she fired all those years ago, who always did have a knack for storytelling? Or is it one of her three daughters, all of whom have a stake in the publishing empire she has built... With a TV crew arriving to film a documentary of her life, Eleanor needs to find out who sent the email – and preserve her multimillion-pound career. But when push comes to shove, and it's time to tell the truth – will anyone actually believe her?
