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By: Nicci French
Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
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He did kill. Kill and kill and kill.’

Tess’s number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter Poppy. But splitting up with Poppy’s father Jason means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe.

When she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter’s brightly coloured paintings, Tess is convinced that Poppy has witnessed something terrible. Something that her young mind is struggling to put into words.

But no one will listen. It’s only a child’s drawing, isn’t it?

Tess will protect Poppy, whatever the price. But when she doesn’t know what, or who, she is protecting her from, how can she possibly know who to trust . . . ?

Praise for Nicci French:

'Confirms Nicci French as the giant of the genre' Erin Kelly

‘Part ingenious locked-room mystery. Part you’ve-got-the-wrong-person nightmare drama. Part intricate memory game. Yet all seamlessly woven together. French’s best book yet’ A J Finn

‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish

‘A novel that blissfully plays with two genres: on the one hand an against-the-odds legal thriller à la John Grisham… and on the other a Miss Marple whodunnit’ Sunday Times

‘Nicci French husband-and-wife writing team responsible for some of the UK’s best psychological thrillers have created a gem of a protagonist in Tabitha’ Observer

‘First-class’ Independent

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Very good insight into how we all overload or heads, and eventually it falls into place

The mind is a jumbled box

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The narrator was good. I didn’t think much of the plot and I guessed the ending.

It was okay

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I’m a long term fan of the writer and she never fails to keep me interested and wanting to know impatiently what’s in the next chapter. Implausible in parts but it’s a novel not a real life story and I loved it

unputdownable

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In parts it sounded as if the authors had been told they had to write 3,000 words that day and it was getting late and they were tired. The listing of contents in kitchen drawers and bathroom cabinets at one point went so far past tedious it became funny.
I found the lead character very irritating and her interactions with the authorities totally unbelievable.
If it had been in print and I’d been reading it I doubt I would have made it to halfway through,

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An ok story. Quite predictable. I found the things Tess allowed her daughter to say to people quote surprising. She basically let her 3 year old be rude to everyone without ever correcting her.

Otherwise ok

Alright

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