Author:Andrew Taylor
A Stain on the Silence is a gripping thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London
You can run from a guilty conscience, but you can't hide . . .
James wasn't much more than a child when he had an affair with Lily. And now, twenty-four years later, Lily confesses to James that their affair led to a daughter, Kate.
And Kate desperately needs her father's help: she's wanted for murder.
But there is no room for murder in James's life. He has a wife, a good job, a nice house in the country . . .
As Kate comes crashing into his world, so she lights the fuse under his ordered life. Because James has also been keeping a secret - a very dark and deadly one...
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