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The acquitted mother of cot death babies is murdered - but so is the doctor whose evidence convicted her.
TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four - numbers that mean nothing to her.
On the same day, Fliss finds out she's going to be working on a documentary about miscarriages of justice involving cot-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. The documentary will focus on three women: Helen Yardley, Sarah Jaggard and Rachel Hines. All three women are now free, and the doctor who did her best to send them to prison for life, child protection zealot Dr Judith Duffy, is under investigation for misconduct.
For reasons she has shared with nobody, this is the last project Fliss wants to be working on. And then Helen Yardley is found dead at her home, and in her pocket is a card with sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four . . .
Another deliciously tangled web of clues and twists...a fascinating mystery told in fine detail with great skill. - Australian Women's Weekly
Sophie Hannah's novel teases out our notions about justice, showing that, ultimately, it is always in fallible human hands - Notebook Magazine
Hannah builds great suspense as she carefully handles this difficult subject. - Sunday Mail Brisbane
This is a haunting story that will stay with you long after you put it down. - The West Australian
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Sophie Hannah talks about her new book
Sophie Hannah: The Human Side of the Villain
Sophie Hannah: Unlocking the Dark Side of the Mind
Lasting Damage by Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah talks about her new book
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. Sophie is the author of the bestselling Poirot continuation mysteries. The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. In 2023 Sophie was awarded the prestigious Dagger in the Library from the Crime Writers' Association in recognition of her brilliant body of work. She lives in Cambridge with her family.