In the city of Bristol, young women are dying in mysterious circumstances. The deaths look like suicides â but are they something more sinister?
Honor is terrified that her daughter might be next. But as she looks for clues as to what really happened to the girls, she stumbles upon a link to a dark secret in her own past â one that sheâs kept from her daughter.
Now Honor has the chance to avenge her child for the terrible events of years ago.
But how far will she go to protect her daughter and right the wrongs done to her family?______
âI cared desperately about these characters and turned the pages frantically, praying for their survival. Clever, compassionate and completely compellingâ Erin Kelly, bestselling author of Watch Her Fall
âI was completely drawn in... a timely addition to the academic noir genre, as #MeToo finally starts to catch up with universities in a long-awaited reckoning. Highly recommendedâ Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange
âMel McGrath tackles hard-hitting issues in a thought-provoking way . . . a book-club novel ripe for discussionâ Adele Parks, #1 bestselling author, Platinum (Book of the Month)
âAn unsettling, compelling story. Mel McGrath has a unique skill for drawing flawed yet fascinating characters who captivate the readerâ Rachel Abbott, author of Close Your Eyes
âI canât remember the last time I was so invested in a bookâ Sathnam Sanghera, The Times
âA gripping exploration of consent and power play, this is all too timelyâ Heat
Mel McGrath is an Essex girl, the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling family memoir Silvertown. She won the John Llewellyn-Rhys/Mil on Sunday award for Best Writer Under 35 for her first book, Motel Nirvana. She has published three Arctic mysteries featuring the Inuit detective Edie Kiglatuk under the name MJ McGrath, the first of which, The Boy in the Snow, was shortlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger.
In the last year she has been one of the founders and moving lights of the website Killer Women, which has rapidly established itself as one of the key forums for crime writing in the UK.