Flight Path

There is always a before and an after... Sophie and Miles have a long marriage, twin daughters, a close-knit circle of friends and a happy home, untilan accusation of inappropriate sexual conduct with a pupil blows everything apart. Sophie knows Miles asher husband of thirty years, the father to their twins and a dedicated teacher.Could he really be a sexualabuser? As the trial approaches, Sophie must ask herself if Miles is merely a bumbling innocent or a schemingmanipulator. Flight Path explores the effect that an accusation of sexual assault has on a family. Guilty orInnocent, nobody wins."It's rare to read a novel that is as gripping as it is subtle. Flight Path is that novel. Buried within the story ofa marriage coming undone is a compelling exploration of our moral and sexual confusions - and of oneof our worst fears: that of the predator.E. J. Pepper delivers a disquieting, absorbing story.Throughout, shereveals our human frailties and bonds with delicacy and power."Alison MacLeod, Booker prize long-listed author of Unexploded