Two women. Two villages. Different destinies. Odeta’s life has shrunk to a daily round of drudgery, running her father’s grocery store in a remote Albanian village. One day a stranger from Tirana walks into the shop and promises her a new career in London. Odeta’s life is about to change, but not in the way she expected.
Journalist Kate lives on a quiet London street and seems to have a perfect life but she worries about her son Ben, who struggles to make friends. Kate blames the internet and disconnects her family from the online world so they can get to know their neighbours. On a visit to her home village in Wales, Kate is forced to confront a secret from her past. But greater danger lies closer to home. Perhaps Kate’s neighbours are not the friendly community they seem.
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- "'A tense and utterly gripping read (I read it in two sittings and felt very aggrieved if anything interrupted me), and I recommend it whole-heartedly.'"
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- "I really wouldn’t have known this was a debut novel. It’s so well-written and has obviously been researched in detail. I think Helen Matthews has done an amazing job with this book. It’s insightful, intense, interesting and really quite thrilling."
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