False Witness

The stunning new thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author\r\n An ordinary life...\r\n Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She has a good job as a defence attorney, a daughter doing well in school, and even her divorce is relatively civilised - her life is just as unremarkable as shed always hoped it would be.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n Hides a devastating past...\r\n But Leighs ordinary life masks a childhood which was far from average ... a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and finally torn apart by a devastating act of violence.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n But now the past is catching up...\r\n Then a case lands on her desk - defending a wealthy man accused of rape. Its the highest profile case shes ever been given - a case which could transform her career, if she wins. But when she meets the accused, she realises that its no coincidence that hes chosen her as his attorney. She knows him. And he knows her. More to the point, he knows what happened twenty years ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades running. \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n And time is running out.\r\n If she cant get him acquitted, shell lose much more than the case. The only person who can help her is her younger, estranged sister Callie, the last person Leigh would ever want to ask for help. But suddenly she has no choice ...