by Mark Edwards
First published 2023
Matthew and Helena have been apart for twenty years. Now they are back together, standing on a mountain in Iceland, taking photographs and falling back into something that feels right. Then Helena slips over the cliff edge. In the terrifying seconds that follow, she blurts out a confession. Matthew barely catches her words, but what he hears stops him cold. Back in England, the full truth comes out. Helena tells Matthew everything she did and why she did it. He is horrified on both counts. He thought he knew her. He does not. Then the situation gets worse. Someone else was on that mountain. That person heard every word, and now they want money to stay quiet. Matthew has a choice: go to the police or help Helena bury what she did. Neither option is clean. Neither option is safe. As the blackmail pressure builds, Matthew finds himself crossing lines he never expected to cross, all to protect a woman he is no longer sure he truly knows. Mark Edwards, whose books have sold over four million copies, builds the tension methodically until every exit is closed.
Genres: fiction, mystery, adult, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, morally-complex, suspenseful, tension-filled
Tropes: blackmail-plot, moral-compromise, secrets-and-lies, unreliable-relationships
Setting: Iceland, England
333 pages · Paperback · Thomas & Mercer
Content warnings: death