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WHAT DID YOU SEE? WHAT DID YOU DO?



''Gripping, poignant...I read it in one sitting'' ROSAMUND LUPTON

''Brilliantly compulsive and with one hell of a twist!'' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
____________________________

Sixty seconds after she wakes from a coma, Maggie''s world is torn apart.

The police tell her that her daughter Elspeth is dead. That she drowned when the car Maggie had been driving plunged into the river. Maggie remembers nothing.

When Maggie begs to see her husband Sean, the police tell her that he has disappeared. He was last seen on the day of her daughter''s funeral.

What really happened that day at the river?
Where is Maggie''s husband?
And why can''t she shake the suspicion that somewhere, somehow...

her daughter is still alive?



An emotional page-turner with amazing characters from the Top Ten bestselling author of My Sister''s Bones, this t

Trade Review
A stunning book. Compelling, unsettling and powerful -- C. L. Taylor
You won't see the big twist coming in this haunting thriller. A worthy successor to My Sister's Bones * Daily Express *
Memorable, jaw-dropping * Sunday Times *
Compelling and intriguing, right from the very first page -- Sharon Bolton
A clever, twisty plot that takes psychological mind games to a new level. Nuala Ellwood has done it again! -- Jane Corry
The Day of the Accident had me gasping for breath and on the verge of tears from the get-go. Twisty, haunting, and completely heart-wrenching, you won't breathe until you've turned the very last page. -- Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Grabbed me on the first page and didn't let go * Woman and Home *
Gripping, engrossing and surprising at every turn -- Rowan Coleman
A raw, shocking, and serpentine mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end -- Nicolas Obregon, author of 'Blue Light Yokohama'
This book will take all your expectations and upend them, making you question everything you thought you knew -- Emma Kavanagh
Twisty and unpredictable. Kept me guessing until the end -- Karen Cleveland, author of 'Need to Know'
Absolutely brilliant - exciting, clever, it deserves to be a bestseller -- Priscilla Masters

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 2/21/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780241977347, 978-0241977347
      ISBN10: 0241977347

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WHAT DID YOU SEE? WHAT DID YOU DO?



      ''Gripping, poignant...I read it in one sitting'' ROSAMUND LUPTON

      ''Brilliantly compulsive and with one hell of a twist!'' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
      ____________________________

      Sixty seconds after she wakes from a coma, Maggie''s world is torn apart.

      The police tell her that her daughter Elspeth is dead. That she drowned when the car Maggie had been driving plunged into the river. Maggie remembers nothing.

      When Maggie begs to see her husband Sean, the police tell her that he has disappeared. He was last seen on the day of her daughter''s funeral.

      What really happened that day at the river?
      Where is Maggie''s husband?
      And why can''t she shake the suspicion that somewhere, somehow...

      her daughter is still alive?



      An emotional page-turner with amazing characters from the Top Ten bestselling author of My Sister''s Bones, this t

      Trade Review
      A stunning book. Compelling, unsettling and powerful -- C. L. Taylor
      You won't see the big twist coming in this haunting thriller. A worthy successor to My Sister's Bones * Daily Express *
      Memorable, jaw-dropping * Sunday Times *
      Compelling and intriguing, right from the very first page -- Sharon Bolton
      A clever, twisty plot that takes psychological mind games to a new level. Nuala Ellwood has done it again! -- Jane Corry
      The Day of the Accident had me gasping for breath and on the verge of tears from the get-go. Twisty, haunting, and completely heart-wrenching, you won't breathe until you've turned the very last page. -- Carolyn Jess-Cooke
      Grabbed me on the first page and didn't let go * Woman and Home *
      Gripping, engrossing and surprising at every turn -- Rowan Coleman
      A raw, shocking, and serpentine mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end -- Nicolas Obregon, author of 'Blue Light Yokohama'
      This book will take all your expectations and upend them, making you question everything you thought you knew -- Emma Kavanagh
      Twisty and unpredictable. Kept me guessing until the end -- Karen Cleveland, author of 'Need to Know'
      Absolutely brilliant - exciting, clever, it deserves to be a bestseller -- Priscilla Masters

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