Traffic on Elmhirst Road has come to a halt. The police are stopping cars, searching for something. Nicki Clements waits patiently, until she glimpses a face she hoped she'd never see again. It's him - and he's the cop checking each car. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a panicky U-turn and escapes. But Nicki's peculiar behaviour did not go unnoticed, and now the police have summoned her for questioning. A resident of Elmhirst Road has been murdered....

"Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders. You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better. You've left the city and the career that nearly...

Louise has no reason to stay in the city. Joseph her son is away at boarding school, where he performs in a boys' choir. Her neighbor has begun blasting choral music at all hours of the night, and she's the only one who can hear it. Louise convinces her husband to buy a country house in a community called Swallowfield. But it seems that the haunting melodies have followed her there. She begins to worry about her mental health. She suspects that this...