The Bodies

How many times would you let your child get away with murder? The new break-out thriller from Sam Lloyd, author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Memory Wood. When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those smug parents youve always rolled your eyes at: youd do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, keep them safe. So when William Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max scrubbing the kitchen, hands wet with blood and panic flooding his voice as he promises it was an accident, he didnt mean to do it, William does the only thing he can. He helps Max bury the body. William thinks thats the end of the nightmare. Until he finds Max with stricken eyes and bloody hands once again . . . Youd do anything for your child even cover up a murder. But would you do it twice? Praise for Sam Lloyd Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent. Daily Mail Remarkable. Stunning prose and compulsive reading. It's undoubtedly the best thriller I've read in a long, long time. Lesley Kara An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller. Shari Lapena Fiendishly clever Sunday Times