No-one confesses to a murder they didn't commit.


It has been twenty years since I last saw my brother. The day he was taken away for killing the boy I loved. I honestly didn't think I would see him again. Until now...


I never made my peace with the fact my brother was a killer. But at least I don't think about it every minute of every day any more. Or about the boy he killed. The boy I kissed in a private, sheltered spot down by the lake during that long, hot summer, before everything changed.


Now he has come home and claims he is innocent of the crime he was convicted of.


I saw the blood on his hands. Heard him enter the guilty plea.


I can't believe what he's saying could possibly be true. How can the last twenty years have all been a lie? What made him confess, if he wasn't guilty? Although, just for a moment, I see something in his eyes that reminds me of everything we used to be. Don't I owe it to us to finally learn the truth?


But there are some people in our town who won't want us digging up the past. And I know, more than anyone, what a dangerous thing the truth can be.


A dark, emotional story of a family left shattered by the legacy of a terrible crime and the question of how well we truly know the ones we love. Fans of Liane Moriarty and Diane Chamberlain will be totally gripped by this haunting and compelling read.




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