Sean pulls me to him, and we both laugh happily, as we stroll home from our favourite wine bar. It’s our first evening out since our baby girl was born. I’ve only thought about Kitty a couple of times, wondering if she’s settled without my goodnight kiss. But our perfect night is shattered when I see the police car and the two officers on the front steps of our home…
Someone has reported our sweet baby missing.
When I rush inside the house and mercifully find our little girl tucked up inside her crib, you’ll think that’s the end of the story.
And when Sean says a prayer of thanks, the police close the case and I hold Kitty in a tight embrace, you’ll feel grateful it was all one big mistake.
But you’ll be wrong.
You don’t know what I did fifteen years ago, the lies I’ve told or the reason I desperately want the police out of my house. I’m sure the person who reported Kitty missing knows everything about my past…
You don’t know how much danger I’m in. Or how far I’ll go to keep my family safe…
Utterly captivating and gripping until the final page, The Night Out is perfect for fans of The Family Upstairs, The Housemaid and The Marriage.
Wendy Clarke was a teacher until the small primary school where she worked closed down. Now she is a writer of psychological suspense but is also well known for her short stories and serials which regularly appear in national women’s magazines.
Wendy has two children and three step-children and lives with her husband, cat and step-dog in Sussex. When not writing, she is usually indulging in her passion for dancing, singing or watching any programme that involves food!
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My thoughts: what starts as a story that feels like it’s going to go one way, goes somewhere very different. Elise has a lot of secrets – ones even her husband doesn’t know, she’s keeping them because she’s trying to protect her teenage daughter Megan.
Her ex partner is dangerous, and as Elise’s story unfolds you come to understand exactly what she’s been through and why she’s keeping so many things hidden. But Megan is looking for her father, and risks everything Elise has fought so hard for.
A chilling tale of abuse, of women, of power, and of the will to survive and thrive safe from harm. While Megan doesn’t have all the facts, she can’t understand why her mum is the way she is, maybe it’s time to trust her daughter a bit more and finally lay it all out there.
As events worsen, and another face from the past appears, the truth will either bring them closer together or destroy everything. Powerful and shocking stuff.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.
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