'Intriguing ... an impressive debut' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door'It made me look at marriage in a different light' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife'T. A. Cotterell masterfully conjures up the suffocating atmosphere that envelopes the couple as they navigate the mental trauma of maintaining a complex web of lies ... An intriguing, well-constructed and dramatic debut' TLSHow far would you go to keep a secret?Alice has a perfect life - a great job, happy kids, a wonderful husband. Until he goes missing one night; she receives a suspicious phone call; things don't quite add up. Alice needs to know what's going on. But when she uncovers the truth she faces a brutal choice. And how can she be sure it is the truth?Sometimes it's better not to know.An FT ' Reader Pick' Books for Summer Reading.