It's summer, Ed and Natalie Steele enjoy holiday with their daughter Molly. Then they meet the Faulkners. Suddenly, glamorous Lara Faulkner, a former actress with an eccentrically lavish lifestyle, is taking Natalie under her wing and the stability of summer takes an exciting turn. Are there hidden motives behind this new friendship? Natalie realizes that she's been kept in the dark all along...

The gripping, twisty psychological suspense from the author of the Sunday Times top 5 bestseller Our House 'Exquisitely written and addictively dark. Sheer perfection' Clare Mackintosh It's summer when Elm Hill lido opens, having stood empty for years. For Natalie Steele - wife, mother, teacher - it offers freedom from the tightly controlled routines of work and family. Especially when it leads her to the glamorous Lara Channing, a charismatic former actress who seems only too happy to invite Natalie into her elite circle. Soon Natalie is spending long days at the pool, socializing with new friends and basking in a popularity she didn't know she'd been missing. Real life, and the person she used to be, begins to feel very far away. But is such a change in fortunes too good to be true? Why are dark memories of a summer long ago now threatening to surface? And could Natalie be swimming dangerously out of her depth? 'A compulsive psychological thriller that will give you the shivers' Sunday Mirror 'Clever, claustrophobic' Fabulous 'A novel that redefines the term "unputdownable"' Heat 'Tautly plotted - a psychological drama with edge' Good Housekeeping

Autorentext
Louise Candlish studied English at University College London and worked as an editor in art publishing and as a copywriter before becoming a writer. Though her stories are about people facing dramatic dilemmas, she tries to live an uncomplicated life in London with her husband and daughter.

Zusammenfassung

FROM THE AUTHOR OF ITV'S OUR HOUSE COMES ANOTHER GRIPPING, TWISTY PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN

'A novel that redefines the term "unputdownable"' HEAT

One summer can change everything . . .

In the heady swelter of a suburban summer, the Elm Hill lido opens.

For teacher Natalie Steele, the school holidays are always spent with her husband Ed and daughter Molly. But not this year.

Despite Molly's extreme phobia of water, Natalie is drawn to the lido and its dazzling social scene, led by glamorous Lara Channing. Soon she's spending long days with Lara at the pool and intimate evenings at her home.

Real life, and the person she used to be, begins to feel very far away.
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But is the new friendship everything it seems?
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Or has Natalie been swept dangerously out of her depth?***

'Exquisitely written and addictively dark. Sheer perfection' Clare Mackintosh, author of Let Me Lie

'A compulsive psychological thriller that will give you the shivers' Sunday Mirror

'Clever, claustrophobic' Fabulous

'Tautly plotted - a psychological drama with edge' Good Housekeeping