After She Fell: A haunting psychological thriller with a shocking twist

After She Fell: A haunting psychological thriller with a shocking twist
Mary-Jane Riley

A darkly compelling psychological thriller, full of twists and turns, perfect for fans of AFTER ANNA, HE SAID/SHE SAID and AFTER I’VE GONE.There are so many ways to fall…Catriona needs help. Her seventeen-year-old daughter Elena was found dead at the bottom of a cliff near her boarding school. The death has been ruled a suicide, but Catriona isn’t convinced.When her old friend, journalist Alex Devlin, arrives in Hallow’s Edge to investigate, she quickly finds that life at private boarding school The Drift isn’t as idyllic as the bucolic setting might suggest.Amidst a culture of drug-taking, bullying and tension between school and village, no one is quite who they seem to be, and there are several people who might have wanted Elena to fall…

AFTER SHE FELL

MARY-JANE RILEY

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Table of Contents

Cover (#ubace2a03-0655-56be-80f5-2f75878d8589)

Title Page (#u4503c8e9-468b-5c88-9dcc-2c7266c0115b)

Copyright (#ub35f0a22-b472-5ca9-b5f6-75ccc0f59feb)

Dedication (#u7ad33507-546a-598b-9734-a459f91bdb44)

December (#u7f330652-ce4c-52ee-a2ee-da93be323f1f)

Five Months Later: Daily Courier (#u76dbf467-3e88-5eba-9a42-8f025140ad85)

Chapter 1 (#u4c8932f6-e4f3-584c-b293-8026f8cb1e2b)

Chapter 2 (#uebd48087-e816-5296-875c-b5dc079a466e)

Chapter 3: Elena (#u9ceb2e36-7b5e-5530-8e4f-d52134d74c32)

Chapter 4 (#ub0a329f9-ba92-5001-9e39-36289e2306c9)

Chapter 5 (#u9400414f-52d1-5a78-a017-f91ccbfb135b)

Chapter 6 (#ufbc31edc-4599-5873-bb05-d5fa99c6f08e)

Chapter 7 (#u601d8952-8e9a-5ec3-973d-3d9ff425a943)

Chapter 8: Elena (#u9fe437d6-7ad2-5e9f-ba4e-1d28309e040a)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13: Elena (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: Elena (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: Elena (#litres_trial_promo)