The happiest-looking families sometimes hide the darkest secrets... Things are going wrong for Olivia Shorten. Wolfie, her four-old, has become withdrawn and anxious. Her marriage is not the safe place she once thought it was. To top it all off, her teenage stepson Charlie has just come to live with them...and there's something unsettling, something not-quite-right about Charlie. Olivia had her own plans about how to manage her family problems. After all, she's had plenty of experience. Then her little boy vanishes into thin air. Frantic with fear, and with the police and the media all over her little family, Olivia is acutely conscious that everyone is hiding something. Including her. And some secrets are more dangerous than you think... A gripping domestic thriller perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Liane Moriarty and Jane Harper.

A violent murder. A family secret. And a boyfriend who's not who he says he is... Sydney, Australia. Lawyer and companion Natalie Coommaraswamy struggles to be the good daughter her parents demand. A second-generation Sri Lankan, she's never penetrated her family's resolute silence surrounding their flight from Sri Lanka, and has been left with unanswered questions about where she belongs and who she can trust. Then her best friend is found murdered. Fuelled by disinterest from the police, Natalie begins her own hunt for the murderer. But when clues point to her new lover, her carefully regulated world starts to unravel. And the truth will threaten more than her sanity... A dark, smart and twisty thriller for fans of Gillian Flynn and Jane Harper. NB a more explicit version of this book was previously published under a pen name with ISBN 9780648201342. The cover and title remain the same.