Apple of My Eye: The gripping psychological thriller from the USA Today bestseller

In memory of my grandmother, Mary McGuinness, who raised ten children with a fierce love and pride and who always had time and love in abundance for every one of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Especially the bookworms x

Epigraph (#udc4b50e1-8c66-5ed6-a1b9-db2536463956)

The king said, ‘Bring me a sword.’ So they brought a sword before the king. And the king said: ‘Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.’

The Judgement of Solomon – 1 Kings 3:16–28

Contents

Cover (#u2c925c19-d4dd-5534-851a-f4daa4a4240d)

Title Page (#u33b9b274-9ee5-50eb-b047-02ab34f718b1)

Copyright

Praise for Claire Allan

Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue: Louise (#u3933548f-9077-5541-aed2-612a25360cd3)

Chapter One: Eli (#u351457f1-35eb-583b-9bd7-69a39cf69b6b)

Chapter Two: Eli (#u5f2aa1d8-0f42-5530-a3b1-eeb9772255bf)

Chapter Three: Eli (#u706b8d94-575f-5a64-a4fa-68253f2c53db)

Chapter Four: Louise (#uf662c3a7-eb28-5024-8d14-b09fd96aacfb)

Chapter Five: Eli (#u870e38b5-f674-5cca-ae32-c3f2c35173df)

Chapter Six: Eli (#u3c168058-30e4-556a-8ef4-e0f328f9bcb5)

Chapter Seven: Louise (#u5197b185-2aa3-5327-b971-91b07d254951)

Chapter Eight: Eli (#u57fe102c-df29-58e7-8ddc-b683c7d2d4d8)

Chapter Nine: Eli (#u927642f6-d743-55bf-9bae-4185693d7fbe)

Chapter Ten: Louise (#u31153c9b-c2f7-5048-ada8-6fd63074c93b)

Chapter Eleven: Eli (#u53fe5d15-4138-571c-8fb7-d9cccfd2959f)

Chapter Twelve: Eli (#uc960a02c-e2f4-5c9b-9d5a-289c26ea6ec9)

Chapter Thirteen: Eli (#u2638abb9-88a2-55c2-9bbe-5240c54da056)

Chapter Fourteen: Louise (#u97b587d8-c3c2-54fe-8978-f2b13c0fd70f)

Chapter Fifteen: Eli (#u0d7aca59-ff75-538d-bd61-fa4a2c28a223)

Chapter Sixteen: Eli (#u5c5a0418-fb8a-57eb-90f6-a504b449ffbc)

Chapter Seventeen: Louise (#ue5c8beb9-7810-5474-b6a6-90a6db05a335)

Chapter Eighteen: Eli (#u10d7d85e-9d1c-5037-b9f7-167aaad66f55)

Chapter Nineteen: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Five: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Six: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-One: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Two: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Three: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Four: Eli (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Five: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Six: Angela (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Angela (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Angela (#litres_trial_promo)