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Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they’ve forged a relationship with Bailey’s grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them.

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick The Last Thing He Told Me comes a pulse-pounding and riveting sequel. ‘Amazing! Thrilling! I was HOOKED’ ‘It’s gripping, twisty, exhilarating, and utterly unputdownable. Five blazing stars from me!’

But when Owen shows up at Hannah’s new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again.

‘Absolutely incredible’

Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them.

LAURA DAVE is the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, Eight Hundred Grapes and other novels. Her work has been published in thirty-eight countries. The Last Thing He Told Me has sold more than three million copies and is now a major Apple TV+ series starring Jennifer Garner. @lauradaveauthor

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‘Wow, I couldn’t put this book down!’ ‘Oh my word. This much-anticipated book is everything I had hoped for and more’

As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety – and finds there just might be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance.

‘Action-packed and deeply felt, this sequel is every bit as incredible as The Last Thing He Told Me’ MARY KUBICA ‘Clear and sharp as a diamond’ TIME

‘Pure adrenaline’ ‘One of the best books I have read this year’

LAURA DAVE

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‘I LOVED it!’

‘A master storyteller’ HARLAN COBEN

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‘Emotional, suspenseful, and unputdownable’

C C E N T U RY

LAURA DAVE

£18.99

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