After years of IVF, Kirsten White is a devoted mum to Harriet ā and she canāt believe the time has come to send her little girl off to school. But Harriet has now turned five, and she canāt stay Kirstenās baby forever. It might be hard, but itās time to entrust her daughterās 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. Sheās very picky... but when Harriet walks in, Miriam knows: this is the child sheās been waiting for.
Harriet knows not to speak to strangers. But her lovely new teacher isnāt a stranger at all. In fact, sheās her new best friend. And you can always trust your friends... canāt you?
Praise for A.L. Bird:
āA fast-paced, gripping thriller.ā 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
āAn absolutely jaw dropper and a must read for all.ā ā Karen Whittard, Netgalley reviewer
āReaders hear claim that, āThis book will leaving you guessing until the end.? I am glad to say that, for once, the claim is true.ā ā M Scott, Netgalley reviewer
āKept me up all night.ā ā Kathleen Johnson, Netgalley reviewer
āThe psychological tension ramps up to a plot twist that took me completely by surprise.ā ā Avonna Kershey, Netgalley reviewer
āWow! A well deserved 5 stars, one of the best pyschological fiction books of this year so far!ā ā Julia Beales, Netgalley reviewer
āOne you get towards the end you better hope youāre not needed for anything because you will find yourself glued until the last word.ā ā Tara Sheehan, Netgalley reviewer
āImpossible to put down.ā ā Linda Strong, Netgalley reviewer
āA pacy, action-packed, brilliantly plotted psychological thriller with one hell of a showdown. I absolutely loved it!ā ā 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 āWriting a Novelā course. Amy is a member of the Crime Writersā Association. For updates on her writing follow her on Twitter, @ALBirdWriter.