When I Was Ten

When I Was Ten is the stay-up-all-night thriller by acclaimed crime author Fiona Cummins. Grips like a vice Val McDermid, author of the Karen Pirie series Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced - Daily Mail Twenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age. Their ten year-old daughter nicknamed the Angel of Death spent eight years in a childrens secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family of her own. Now, on the anniversary of the trial, a documentary team has tracked down her older sister, compelling her to break two decades of silence. Her explosive interview sparks national headlines and journalist Brinley Booth, a childhood friend of the Carter sisters, is tasked with covering the news story. For the first time, the three women are forced to confront what really happened that night with devastating consequences for them all. I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended Louise Candlish, author of Our House Dark, creepy and ultimately compassionate . . . a chilling look at the consequences of a childhood gone wrong JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before Utterly compelling; a true just-one-more-chapter thriller Clare Mackintosh, author of The Last Party Pacy, dark and surprises to the bitter end. Loved it Fiona Barton, author of The Widow and The Child