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She closed her eyes and then he was gone... A chilling psychological thriller for fans of Behind Closed Doors, I See You and Sometimes I Lie. When Carrie’s five-year old son, Charlie, disappeared on a Norfolk beach, her world was destroyed. Now, three years on, she is persuaded by her mother to visit a local medium. Initially sceptical, Carrie is blown away when he appears to reveal something about Charlie’s disappearance; something that nobody could ever have known except herself.Single mum, Molly, is worried about her young son, Max, who has been having more of his little ‘accidents’ at school and has recently starting talking again to his imaginary friend. Molly knows that Max’s problems stem from his very real anxieties about his father – a violent and unstable man – who they are now in hiding from.Little do the women know that their worlds are about to converge – and both of them will have to face the thing they fear the most. But could the truth destroy them?
The sudden disappearance of a child and the subsequent emergence of a mysterious medium force two women to confront buried secrets that threaten their fragile realities. Carrie, still grieving the loss of her son three years after his vanishing on a beach, finds her skepticism challenged by a medium who reveals impossible details about the event. Simultaneously, Molly struggles to protect her young son from a volatile, abusive father while navigating the boy's unsettling behavior. The narrative alternates between these two women, building tension as their separate lives move toward an inevitable and dangerous collision. The story operates within the constraints of domestic suspense, focusing on the psychological toll of trauma and the terror of hidden threats.
This work aligns with the conventions of the domestic psychological thriller, emphasizing the internal anxieties of its protagonists. The premise suggests a focus on the intersection of grief and paranoia, utilizing the trope of the mysterious medium to catalyze the plot. Readers of the genre will likely find the dual-perspective structure a familiar mechanism for building suspense as the two women's lives begin to overlap. The narrative trajectory points toward a confrontation with past trauma, maintaining a tone of mounting dread throughout the investigation of the missing child and the threat of the abusive father.
Page Count:
432
Publication Date:
2013-06-20
Publisher:
HarperCollins UK
ISBN-10:
0007493029
ISBN-13:
9780007493029
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