About the book

Twelve years after his girlfriend Layla disappeared from a French motorway service station, Finn McQuaid is engaged to her sister, Ellen. His life remains shadowed by the cryptic police interview where he claimed Layla vanished while he used the restroom. The status quo shatters when Finn discovers a leaden miniature doll placed on his doorstep, identical to one Layla owned. Soon, email sightings and mysterious figures suggest Layla is alive and watching him. Finn must determine if Layla is tormenting him or if Ellen knows more about the past than she admits, all while hiding his own internal secrets regarding that night in France.

This psychological thriller serves readers who enjoy domestic suspense centered on unreliable narrators and the claustrophobia of shared family secrets. It appeals to those who track complex plot twists and character-driven deception within intimate relationships. The reader gains a study in how guilt and suspicion erode trust over a decade. By the end, the audience evaluates the disparity between memory and truth, seeing how easily biological and romantic bonds can be manipulated to hide a crime or orchestrate a disappearance.

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