Nine Hidden Lives

<p><b><i>Broadchurch</i> meets Harlan Coben in the most compulsive thriller you''ll read all year. Discover the <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller . . .</b><br><br>''A gripping thriller that twists and turns'' <b>HARLAN COBEN</b><br>''I couldn''t put it down for a single second'' <b>LISA JEWELL</b><br>''Full of shocking twists'' <b>KARIN SLAUGHTER</b><br> ''Cliffhangers and revelations galore'' <b><i>THE TIMES</i></b><br><br>Thirty years ago, Alaka Jha''s murder sent shockwaves through Haddley. The reporter had been exposing a dark side to the tight-knit community, and her daughter Uma suspects that story could be the key to her unsolved murder.<br><br>On the anniversary of Alaka''s death, journalist Ben Harper is determined to find answers for Uma at last - but his investigation takes him deep into a tangled web of lies, and puts Uma''s life in danger.<br><br>Because it seems not everyone in Haddley wants this terrible crime solved. Some of them have been keeping secrets for over thirty years - and they don''t want them dragged into the light . . .</p>