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Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea. Sally McGowan was just 10 years old when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death 48 years ago - no photos of her exist since her release as a young woman. So who is the supposedly reformed killer who now lives among them? How dangerous can one rumour become? And how far will Joanna go to protect her loved ones from harm, when she realises what it is she’s unleashed?

It’s been 192 days, seven hours and 15 minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around. Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories of her life before, Astrid is focusing on her recovery. She's going to meetings. Confessing her misdeeds. Making amends to those she's wronged.

When teenage friends Lizzie and Alice decide to head off for a walk in the countryside, they are blissfully unaware that this will be their final day together - and that only Lizzie will come back alive. Lizzie has no memory of what happened in the moments before Alice died - she only knows that it must have been a tragic accident. But as she tries to cope with her grief, she is shocked to find herself alienated from Alice’s friends and relatives. They are convinced she somehow had a part to play in her friend’s death. 

Scarlett's aunt lived - and was brutally murdered - in the flat upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and the scene of this devastating crime. After all, this is her home. She's safe here. Isn't she? Dee is busy balancing her job as a funeral director with organising an event to mark the disappearance of her best friend, 10 years ago. So she's got enough on her plate without worrying about the threatening messages that are appearing on her company's Facebook page.

Joanna, Übersetzerin und alleinerziehend, verlässt London, um ihrem Sohn Alfie eine behütete Kindheit in einem beschaulichen Küstenort zu ermöglichen. Dort schnappt sie das Gerücht auf, dass die "Kindermörderin" Sally McGowan, die als Zehnjährige einen fünfjährigen Jungen tötete, unter anderem Namen in diesem Ort leben soll. Joanna beginnt zu recherchieren - und sie erzählt anderen Müttern unbedacht von dem Fall, der vor Jahrzehnten Schlagzeilen machte. Ohne zu ahnen, welch verheerende Spirale von Ereignissen sie damit in Gang setzt.

Joanna, Übersetzerin und alleinerziehend, verlässt London, um ihrem Sohn Alfie eine behütete Kindheit in einem beschaulichen Küstenort zu ermöglichen. Dort schnappt sie das Gerücht auf, dass die "Kindermörderin" Sally McGowan, die als Zehnjährige einen fünfjährigen Jungen tötete, unter anderem Namen in diesem Ort leben soll. Joanna beginnt zu recherchieren - und sie erzählt anderen Müttern unbedacht von dem Fall, der vor Jahrzehnten Schlagzeilen machte. Ohne zu ahnen, welch verheerende Spirale von Ereignissen sie damit in Gang setzt.