<p><b><font>THE MIND-BENDING NEW THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>DEAR CHILD</i></b><br><br><b>''Hausmann''s novel has the feel of a nightmare, unfolding at breakneck speed'' </b><i><b>SUNDAY TIMES</font></b></i><br><br>It''s been years since Nadja Kulka was convicted of a cruel crime. After being released from prison, she''s wanted nothing more than to live a normal life: nice flat, steady job, even a few friends. But when one of those friends, Laura von Hoven - free-spirited beauty and wife of Nadja''s boss - kills her lover and begs Nadja for her help, Nadja can''t seem to be able to refuse.<br><br>The two women make for a remote house in the woods, the perfect place to bury a body. But their plan quickly falls apart and Nadja finds herself outplayed, a pawn in a bizarre game in which she is both the perfect victim and the perfect murderer . . .<br><br><b>Dark secrets past and present collide in this haunting novel of guilt and retribution from the internati