The Couple’s Secret

The Couple’s Secret
B P Walter

‘Devilishly well-plotted, crisply written – and a hell of a lot of fun. What a smashing debut!’ A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the WindowWe all see what we want to see…2019: Julianne is preparing a family dinner when her son comes to her and says he’s found something on his iPad. Something so terrible, it will turn Julianne’s world into a nightmare and make her question everything about her marriage and what type of man her husband is or is pretending to be.1990: Sophie is a fresher student at Oxford University. Out of her depth and nervous about her surroundings, she falls into an uneasy friendship with a group of older students from the upper echelons of society and begins to develop feelings for one in particular. He’s confident, quiet, attractive and seems to like her too. But as the year progresses, her friends’ behaviour grows steadily more disconcerting and Sophie begins to realise she might just be a disposable pawn in a very sinister game.A devastating secret has simmered beneath the surface for over twenty-five years. Now it’s time to discover the truth. But what if you’re afraid of what you might find?

THE COUPLE’S SECRET

B P WALTER

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Published in the UK as A Version of the Truth

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Source ISBN: 9780008309619

Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008328726

Version: 2018-11-26

To my parents

Table of Contents

Cover (#u85e080b2-826d-5ee8-89cd-af2635b487f0)

Title Page (#u85aa3dfd-e04b-574a-a174-ee722a81ba89)

Copyright (#u333d5ae6-2028-5d3a-b87f-241e147a15a8)

Dedication (#u3d1c720e-1860-5c24-a4fb-89d13db7c2b5)

Prologue (#ucaeb8315-37c9-58aa-bc76-5e1672acb8d9)

Chapter 1 (#u72e8f54a-700e-5627-b499-81cdcead4ff0)

Chapter 2 (#u49cfe972-496e-5be9-af66-45103d5d97b2)

Chapter 3 (#ud3d7d231-bcfd-5e18-9ef2-7c22a8f49ece)

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