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This family lived a life before me. And now I wonder if it was what happened in that life – all those secrets – that tore this family apart . . . not me.

The warring Browne sisters. Lucy. Susannah. Tara. Each is haunted – by disgrace (Lucy), vanity (Susannah) and envy (Tara). Most of all they are haunted by secrets.

Just before a dinner at their mother’s idyllic holiday cottage, Susannah disappears. That same night a young woman is killed violently on a nearby beach.

Amid the confusion the next morning, Lucy discovers a link between Susannah and the murder victim. Lucy must summon all she knows from her short-lived policing career to figure out the connection and find her sister.

But tracking down Susannah means Lucy confronting her own shame. It also means resurrecting ghosts that Susannah, Tara – and their mother – desperately want to keep buried.

Even if Lucy finds Susannah, will the truth destroy them all?

‘Taut, terrific, tense – thrills with psychological drama, physical peril, and the highest of high stakes. Old wounds, secrecy and sibling relationships are tested to their limits in this twisty, unpredictable mystery.’ Gill Perdue

‘A tense and twisty exploration of family secrets and the devastation they cause.’ Sheila O’Flanagan

‘A natural storyteller – I couldn’t stop turning the pages. A brilliant story about the cost of family secrets, the powerful bonds of family and sisterhood and how far we will go to protect the ones we love’ Edel Coffey

© Jen Bray 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026