Book description
One winter's afternoon, voice coach Sonia opens the door of her
beautiful riverside home to fifteen-year-old Jez, the nephew of a family
friend. He's come to borrow some music. Sonia invites him in and soon
decides that she isn't going to let him leave.
As Sonia's desire to keep Jez hidden and protected from the outside
world becomes all the more overpowering, she is haunted by memories of
an intense teenage relationship, which gradually reveal a terrifying
truth. The River House, Sonia's home since childhood, holds secrets
within its walls. And outside, on the shores of the Thames, new ones
are coming in on the tide...
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After several years in London, Penny Hancock now lives in Cambridge
with her husband and three children. She is a part-time primary school
teacher at a speech and language school and has travelled extensively
as a language teacher. This is her first novel.
