She spoke out. I stayed silent. What would you do?
โPerfectly paced, the twists and turns and executed with precisionโ Woman & Home
โOne of the most powerful stay-with-you books that Iโve read in the past yearโ Jane Corry, author of I Looked Away
When Becky walks in on her boss with a woman who isnโt his wife, sheโs horrified, but says nothing. She owes Matthew too much.
But when the same woman accuses him of rape, Becky is trapped in a nightmare. Was what she saw rape โ or is Matthew, her trusted mentor, telling the truth? Becky must try to ignore her own traumatic past and its terrible hold on her.
As Becky attempts to untangle these blurred lines, she risks everything, even her home and family, to find the truth...
Hannah Begbie was born in London. She studied Art History at Cambridge University before working as a talent agent, representing writers and comedians for more than a decade.
In 2016 she took part in City Universityโs Novel Studio, where she developed her debut novel, Mother, and won that yearโs prize for new writing. Published by HarperCollins in 2018, Mother went on to win the Romantic Novelistsโ Association Joan Hessayon Award for new writing.
Hannah lives in London with her husband, a screenwriter, and their two sons.