'Smart, elegant and endlessly unsettling' ABIGAIL DEAN 'A brilliant mix of courtroom drama, psychological thriller and love story' JP DELANEY 'A stunning debut' ERIN KELLY 'I was completely hooked from the first page to the very last!' MEGAN MIRANDA 'Beautifully written and brilliantly addictive' VALERIE KEOGH 'Haunting and twisty' LIV CONSTANTINE 'I devoured it' DEBBIE HOWELLS 'A star-making debut' JULIA HEABERLIN Everyone is watching . . . Wealthy and famous, Anna Finbow stands in court, accusing therapist Jean Guest of brainwashing her daughter Mary to gain access to her trust fund. Jean claims that the dark memories she's helped Mary uncover are real. That therapy has offered her a chance to finally heal from childhood trauma, and she would be better off away from her family's damaging influence. I'll tell you now . . . you shouldn't believe either of them. A fiercely intelligent psychological thriller of obsessive friendship, toxic families and the precarious nature of therapy, from an exceptional new talent. READERS ARE RAVING ABOUT IN HER DEFENCE 'WHAT. A. BOOK. I just finished and I am totally shook' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Twisty, thrilling and unputdownable. If I could give it more than five stars I would' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book is so suspenseful it practically feels like horror' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Razor-sharp plotting and deeply believable characters' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I LOVE a courtroom drama, but this was so much more!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐