<p><b>''Move over Ferrante, there''s a new Elena in town'' <i>Independent</i></b><br><b><br>A gripping novel about family, loss and secrets, from the author of the <i>Times </i>bestselling sensation <i>Can You Hear Me?</i></b><br><br>The boy is almost eighteen and has a loving family. He''s polite and well-educated, quiet but always smiling.<br><br>When word spreads that he has broken into and stolen from a neighbour''s house, his parents and sisters can''t believe it. Then the unthinkable happens: an attack that will rip through the town and his family for years to come.<br><br><i>Just a Boy</i> is a gripping, incisive novel about secrets, adolescence and how we can love someone - a child, a partner - without ever knowing their mind.<br><br><br><b><i>Praise for </i>The Times<i> bestseller </i>Can You Hear Me?</b><br><br><b>''A novel of crime and darkness that eschews straightforward domestic noir'' </b><i>Guardian</i><br><br><b>''Utterly gripped me from beginning to end'' </b>Victoria