Meet Frankie Baxter. She's trying to make ends meet and keep the boat afloat for her three kids. She's harassed, sometimes impatient, but she's a fabulous mum. So imagine her distress when Henry, her youngest child, goes missing...
Henry returns safely accompanied by a stranger, Cora, a fairy godmother who starts to change the Baxter family's lives in the best of ways. So why do things suddenly start going wrong? Is Cora fulfilling their dreams - or is she the start of a nightmare?
Funny, terrifying and a real page-turner, The Hoax puts a whole new slant on psychological thrillers...