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How many times would you let your child get away with murder?

The new break-out thriller from Sam Lloyd, author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Memory Wood.


When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those smug parents you've always rolled your eyes at: you'd do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, keep them safe.

So when Joseph Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max scrubbing the kitchen, hands wet with blood and panic flooding his voice as he promises it was an accident, he didn't mean to do it, Joseph does the only thing he can. He helps Max bury the body.

Joseph thinks that's the end of the nightmare. Until he finds Max with stricken eyes and bloody hands once again . . .

You'd do anything for your child even cover up a murder.

But how many times?

Praise for Sam Lloyd

Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent.' Daily Mail

Remarkable. Stunning prose and compulsive reading. It''s undoubtedly the best thriller I''ve read in a long, long time.' Lesley Kara

An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller.' Shari Lapena

Fiendishly clever' Sunday Times

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      Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
      Publication Date: 6/19/2025
      ISBN13: 9781787636255, 978-1787636255
      ISBN10: 1787636259

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      How many times would you let your child get away with murder?

      The new break-out thriller from Sam Lloyd, author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Memory Wood.


      When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those smug parents you've always rolled your eyes at: you'd do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, keep them safe.

      So when Joseph Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max scrubbing the kitchen, hands wet with blood and panic flooding his voice as he promises it was an accident, he didn't mean to do it, Joseph does the only thing he can. He helps Max bury the body.

      Joseph thinks that's the end of the nightmare. Until he finds Max with stricken eyes and bloody hands once again . . .

      You'd do anything for your child even cover up a murder.

      But how many times?

      Praise for Sam Lloyd

      Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent.' Daily Mail

      Remarkable. Stunning prose and compulsive reading. It''s undoubtedly the best thriller I''ve read in a long, long time.' Lesley Kara

      An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller.' Shari Lapena

      Fiendishly clever' Sunday Times

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