She craved the truth. It was time to regret it…
One morning, Catherine discovers that her husband Simon has disappeared. All his belongings, money, and documents are still at home. But he couldn’t simply take and leave. He couldn’t abandon her and the children. That means he must be in trouble…
And yet, it’s not like that. Simon really left—went away. He knows what he did and why he left the house. He knows a terrible secret about their marriage, one that could destroy Catherine. Everything she imagined their life together to be is a lie.
While Catherine learns to exist in a new horrifying reality where there is no husband anymore, Simon runs from the terrible revelation. But running forever isn’t possible. So, a quarter of a century later, he appears again on the doorstep. Catherine finally learns the truth…
That’s how Marres’ worldwide fame began… A debut novel by a cult classic of modern British thriller writing. Here we already see a writer capable of skillfully turning a suspenseful psychological drama—unique in the density of its emotions, in its level of suspense and anxiety—right into the heart of ordinary life.