17 years ago, Natali and William were on their first date. Both Law School students they occupied themselves innocently plotting the perfect murder.
Now happily married, or so Nat thinks, in a seaside town in Florida, they enjoy a Sunday morning on the beach with Charlie, their 11 year old son.
When an emergency meeting is called at Charlies school the perfect life starts to unravel.
Now, as a Criminal Defence Attorney, Nat has a good knowledge of how the law will treat people who end up being either the accused, or the accuser, and she is not sure which is the worse experience.
She has to protect Charlie, but will her husband want, or be capable, of helping in any way.
She is sure Will is having an affair, but little does she know the effect it could have on her plans.
This is a great story and uses a clever little trick to really give the reader a terrific ride.
Most of the story is told in the first person by Nat. Her emotions, her interpretations of events, her thoughts.
But a couple of the chapters are written in the first person from Wills point of view. Does he see things like his wife does. The secrets he is keeping from Nat, and how he tries to balance her world with his.
This psychological thriller explores a mother and a father and how far they would go to protect their child. Two very different approaches, two very different ethos, with one aim. Keep Charlie safe.
This is a great story. I loved the way the two main characters have a common need, but both have very different ways of trying to achieve it.
This is no normal husband, wife, combined front. This is two people struggling to find a way to survive a series of events and come out of it in one piece. But one of them has a very different idea of what that should be achieved.
This is the first Margot Hunt book I’ve read. It definitely won’t be the last.
Pages: 384
Publisher: Mira Books
Publishing Date UK: 11th December 2018.
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