Faye's life is finally on track. She's got a wonderful circle of friends, a thriving career, and a husband who loves her.None of them suspects anything about her darkest secret.The only person who knows is Michael, her first love - and the trauma of what they did tore them apart.But she's managed to put it behind her. She's a different person now. The past can stay buried.And then Michael comes back. He wants to reconnect. And if she doesn't let him in, he's going to tell everyone about the worst thing they ever did...*****PRAISE FOR KAREN PERRY'Slick, engrossing, twisted and addictive. Domestic crime drama at its best. Highly recommended' Jo Spain'Like Gone Girl...it's the most gripping thing I've read for ages' Evening Standard'Truly remarkable...Grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go' Jeffery Deaver'Tense, unpredictable, blending a thriller with an intimate...

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE OF THE SUMMER NOW Friend. Neighbour. Killer? Leah's new to Wyndham Park. Lonely and suffering from insomnia, she befriends her upstairs neighbour. Anton has only recently returned to the street and is lonely too. He's been gone for nineteen years - and hasn't told Leah the real reason why. Nineteen years ago Anton was imprisoned for killing his wife. A wife who looked a bit like Leah . . . Was he wrongly convicted? Or is Leah befriending a killer intent on luring her closer and closer?Praise for Karen Perry 'Like Gone Girl . . . it's the most gripping thing I've read for ages' Evening Standard'A brilliant binge-read thriller with a real roller coaster of an ending' Heat'If you're a fan of menacing psychological thrillers that chill to the bone, this book is for you' Sunday Independent...

Under the hot summer sun, she's working her way into your family . . . The gripping new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl Unknown'I read Stranger in 24 hours. Compelling, brilliant and etertaining. The twists just kept on coming' LIZ NUGENT'A really disturbing tale . . . Assured storytelling and neat twists' DAILY MAIL _______ Abi Holland is worried about her daughter Beth.So when foreign exchange student Corinne comes to stay, it's a relief to see her daughter making a friend.But the Holland family have lots of secrets, and Corinne is quietly listening to them all.Watching. Waiting. Ready to show them what they should really be worried about . . ._______'Throughout this well-paced thriller Perry keeps ramping up the tension to almost unbearable heights to an unexpected asnd utterly devastating denouement' Irish Independent'Perry...

From Karen Perry, the bestselling author of The Boy That Never Was, comes a short story about simple actions and terrible consequences.Harry has allowed guilt to destroy his marriage, but someone else close to him and Robin is harbouring a tragic secret that could have changed everything . . .Find out the truth in THE GIFTS, a compelling short story to be read alongside THE BOY THAT NEVER WAS. Also includes a sample of ONLY WE KNOW - the gripping new novel from Karen Perry.

For fans of the new BBC1 drama THE MISSING starring James Nesbitt 'The Boy That Never Was is that powerful thing, a beautifully written mystery driven by its exploration of the characters' innermost hearts' Tana French Three-year-old Dillon vanished in the middle of the night. His father Harry can't forgive himself for not protecting his only child. Yet Harry isn't blamed by his wife Robin: she bares her own secret guilt. Five years later, thousands of miles away, Harry spots an eight-year-old boy in a crowd - a boy he is convinced is Dillon. Desperate to find his missing son, Harry's obsession tears apart his marriage, exposing shameful secrets and shattering the one thing he and Robin had left - trust. Why won't Robin believe Harry? What is she hiding? Can the boy really be Dillon? And how far will Harry go to find their lost son? The Boy That Never Was is a deeply atmospheric and masterfully crafted tale of love and loss that will chill you to the bone. Fans of Rosamund Lupton and Sophie Hannah will fall in love with this debut from Karen Perry. Praise for The Boy That Never Was: 'A truly remarkable novel . . . Written in a captivating, lyrical style and brilliantly structured, the story grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go' Jeffery Deaver 'This is a debut novel that will catch fire' Nelson DeMille 'A beautifully written, tense and twisty tale' Sunday Mirror

When Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and announces that she is his daughter, he is left reeling. Suddenly his family - imperfect, flawed, but working - is trying to find space for someone new. But Zoe's stories don't quite add up and lies become indistinguishable from truths. The family struggle to make sense of whether she is a sister, a daughter, a friend, an enemy. But no one could have expected where it all might end. Because they have let into their home a girl that they do not know. And now everything they have built has begun to violently, determinedly, break apart. **

When a couple's lost child resurfaces they are forced to embark on a journey into their shared past—one rife with dark secrets and liesTangiers. Harry is preparing his wife's birthday dinner while she is still at work and their son, Dillon, is upstairs asleep in bed. Harry suddenly remembers that he's left Robin's gift at the café in town. It's only a five minute walk away and Dillon's so tricky to put down for the night, so Harry decides to run out on his own and fetch the present.Disaster strikes. An earthquake hits, buildings crumble, people scream and run. Harry fights his way through the crowd to his house, only to find it razed to the ground. Dillon is presumed dead, though his body is never found.Five years later, Harry and Robin have settled into a new kind of life after relocating to their native Dublin. Their grief will always be with them, but lately it feels as if they're ready for a new beginning. Harry's career as an artist is taking off and Robin has just realized that she's pregnant.But when Harry gets a glimpse of Dillon on the crowded streets of Dublin, the past comes rushing back at both of them. Has Dillon been alive all these years? Or was what Harry saw just a figment of his guilt-ridden imagination? With razor-sharp writing, Karen Perry's The Innocent Sleep delivers a fast-paced, ingeniously plotted thriller brimming with deception, doubt, and betrayal."How good’s the big twist? You won’t see it coming." —Entertainment Weekly"Terrific…an unpredictable and unsettling familial drama that has drawn comparisons to the novels of Gillian Flynn and fellow Dubliner Tana French."—Kirkus Reviews