My son is missing, and everyone is lying to me.

Last night my son, Shay, sneaked out of the house and didn’t come home. He promised not to go to the illegal party in the woods. But someone’s been attacked and Shay has gone missing. The police want to know if he saw what happened. I’m worried he could be involved.

After all the trouble he’s been in lately, mixing with the wrong crowd, coming home beaten up and scared, I thought we’d put it all behind us. Trouble is, Shay resents me moving my new boyfriend into the family home. I found all sorts on his laptop, including a half-written email warning me not to trust David. What does he know that I don’t?

I’m beginning to fear for his safety. What is David hiding from me? Who have I let into our lives?

I don’t know who I can trust. Will I ever see my son alive again?

Praise for Ruby Speechley

‘Secrets, lies and betrayal, this book has the lot! It kept me up way later than I intended racing through to the end and what an ending it was!’ Rona Halsall

'immensely readable and hugely entertaining - so compelling that I read it in a matter of hours' Fiona Mitchell

'A very tense situational thriller that had me guessing right up to the end. I loved it!' Dawn Goodwin

'A page-turning thriller with a shocking and original conclusion. Mesmerising.' Catherine Cooper

'A great take on the missing child narrative and a total page turner - I simply HAD to know what had happened.' S E Lynes

'A twisty page-turner of a novel that kept me guessing until the very end!' Mandy Byatt

'A brilliant read. Such an anxiety-inducing, suspenseful domestic thriller!' Alice Hunter

'A compelling and original page-turner!' Roz Watkins

'A talent to watch' Sam Blake

'...any parents' worst nightmare, a twisty domestic thriller with an ending that will take your breath away' S. A. Harris

‘A fantastic, fast-paced novel with at its heart the strained relationship between a loving mother and her wayward teenage son. Unpredictable and unputdownable.’ Diane Jeffrey