What My Husband Did

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A little girl has been left for dead. And now my husband is missing.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'I can give you a lift home' the man says. Little Alice tightens the zip of her big red coat. She's unsure but the walk will be cold and dark. 'I'm not supposed to get in a stranger's car.' He forces a smile. 'I'm not a <em>proper</em> stranger am I?'</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I return home to our beautiful house on a chilly winter evening expecting to find my handsome husband </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Richard</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> waiting for me by the fire. We're still so in love and he always takes care of me: buying us this home in the little village where he grew up making sure I settled in and made friends and treating my teenage daughter like his own. There's a bit of gossip about our age gap but the death of his first wife years ago was so tragic that he still gets sympathetic looks. Everyone loves Richard.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>He usually comes straight back from work. But tonight our antique clock ticks on through the dark evening with no sign of him. Then </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>a knock at the door shatters my perfect life.</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> A 12-year-old-girl </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Alice</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> from the village has been found unconscious in the field behind our house. </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>They say she was last seen getting into Richard's car.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Now rumours are flying. As Alice fights for her life in hospital nobody will speak to me: and when they do it's to ask </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>if he didn't hurt Alice why hasn't Richard come home?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I know that revealing my own darkest secret about Richard's first wife could prove his innocence... but even if I do he's still missing. Is everyone right and is my husband on the run? And </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>will telling the truth about my past turn my own daughter against me and tear our lives apart for good?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Fans of <em>The Girl on the Train</em> <em>I Am Watching You</em> and Shari Lapena will adore this absolutely unputdownable read by bestselling author Kerry Wilkinson about the dark secrets we hide to protect ourselves and the ones we love.</strong></p><p><br></p><h2>Read what everyone's saying about Kerry Wilkinson:</h2><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'</span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Wow this had me captivated!</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> I could </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>hardly put the book down</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>... </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>OMG that ending!</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>... stunning... I </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>had to get my breath back</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> at the end!' </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Bonnie's Book Talk</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> 5 stars</span></p>