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Fiction, Crime & mystery
A single kiss. A lifetime of betrayal.
A terrific, utterly compelling psychological thriller in the bestselling tradition of Nicci French.When his childhood friend, Verity, is found at the foot of Beachy Head, barely alive, Harry's life is thrown into turmoil. He can't accept that the happy-go-lucky girl he grew up with would try to kill herself. He should know. He was closer to her than anyone, wasn't he
Haunted by memories of their childhood, Harry begins piecing together the last few weeks of Verity's life. The deeper he gets, the more questions remain unanswered. Why was Verity's flat burgled Why was she secretly seeing a psychiatrist And, for Harry, the most haunting question of all: why did Verity kiss him, all those years ago, and then banish him from her life
If Harry can't find the answers, he may have to face the fact that perhaps he never really knew Verity at all...
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Richard Burke
Richard Burke was born in London and read English at Oxford University. He is an award-winning producer and director of TV science programmes who began his career as an assistant producer on BBC's Tomorrow's World. His credits include the series 'Space' for the BBC, Discovery America's hit series 'Raging Planet' and Channel 4's 'Electric Skies'. He lives in Taunton, Somerset, with his wife and son.
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