Donโt miss the chilling new psychological thriller from A.L. Bird, author of The Good Mother and Donโt Say a Word, perfect for fans of C L Taylor, Sherryl Brown and Lisa Hall.
Letting go of your daughter for the first time isnโt easy...After years of IVF, Kirsten White is a devoted mum to Harriet โ and she canโt believe the time has come to send her little girl off to school. But Harriet has now turned five, and she canโt stay Kirstenโs baby forever. It might be hard, but itโs time to entrust her daughterโs care to her new teacher.
... the classroom is the one place she should be safe.Miriam Robertson has been waiting for the perfect little girl to walk into her class. Sheโs very picky... but when Harriet walks in, Miriam knows: this is the child sheโs been waiting for.
Harriet knows not to speak to strangers. But her lovely new teacher isnโt a stranger at all. In fact, sheโs her new best friend. And you can always trust your friends... canโt you?
Praise for A.L. Bird:
โA fast-paced, gripping thriller.โ B A Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown
'Intense and brilliantly uncomfortable reading' Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me
โAn absolutely jaw dropper and a must read for all.โ โ Karen Whittard, Netgalley reviewer
โReaders hear claim that, โThis book will leaving you guessing until the end.? I am glad to say that, for once, the claim is true.โ โ M Scott, Netgalley reviewer
โKept me up all night.โ โ Kathleen Johnson, Netgalley reviewer
โThe psychological tension ramps up to a plot twist that took me completely by surprise.โ โ Avonna Kershey, Netgalley reviewer
โWow! A well deserved 5 stars, one of the best pyschological fiction books of this year so far!โ โ Julia Beales, Netgalley reviewer
โOne you get towards the end you better hope youโre not needed for anything because you will find yourself glued until the last word.โ โ Tara Sheehan, Netgalley reviewer
โImpossible to put down.โ โ Linda Strong, Netgalley reviewer
โA pacy, action-packed, brilliantly plotted psychological thriller with one hell of a showdown. I absolutely loved it!โ โ Diane Jeffrey, author of Those Who Lie
A.L. Bird lives in London, where she divides her time between writing, working as a lawyer, and running around after her young family. She loves writing dark, twisty thrillers. Bestselling The Good Mother was her first major psychological thriller for HQDigital. Don't Say a Word (out now) is her chilling standalone next book. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London, and is also an alumna of the Faber Academy โWriting a Novelโ course. Amy is a member of the Crime Writersโ Association. For updates on her writing follow her on Twitter, @ALBirdWriter.