A secret is about to destroy a family in Sam Hayes' breathtaking follow-up to BLOOD TIES... Mary Marshall would do anything for her daughter Julia. A devoted grandmother to Julia s children, she s always been the rock her family can rely on. Until now. Mary has a past Julia knows nothing about, and it s come back to haunt her. Julia's husband Murray French is walking a tightrope. A solicitor struggling with an alcohol problem, he s about to lose his wife and his children to another man: someone successful, someone they deserve. Someone who s everything he s not. Can he ever get his family back? Just when Julia thinks life is starting to turn around, she stumbles upon the brutalised body of a girl she teaches. And as the terrible present starts to shed light on her mother s past, Julia realises her family s nightmare is only just beginning...