The birds had suddenly gone quiet, and the boy was certain the man was in the woods below him. And then a voice fractured the unnatural hush.
'I know you're in there.' The voice was harsh but high-pitched, sounding strained.
It chilled the boy.
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Thirty years ago, Jack Renoir's idyllic childhood on his uncle's California apple farm was shattered when he witnessed a brutal murder. With a single shot, his life changed forever.
Three decades later, Renoir is a man preoccupied with secrets and lies - a man who's forgotten how to trust.
But when Kate Palmer walks into his San Francisco office, his carefully-controlled world is turned upside down.
As his defences dissolve, Renoir moves to England with Kate to make a new start.
But old habits die hard, and he is soon drawn into a murky world he hoped he had left behind for good.
When his efforts to help Kate backfire, Renoir finds his unresolved past threatening to destroy his future...
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Praise for Keeping Secrets:
'I could not put this book down - it is well-written with a fast paced plot and believable characters' 5-star reader review
'This novel is full of suspense but is also unashamedly romantic in a Sebastian Faulks-ish way' The Times
'If you like Robert Goddard then you will like this' 5-star reader review