Kept in the dark
By: Penny Hancock
Publisher: Plume
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780452298330
Subjects: Family secrets; Fiction; FICTION / Psychological; FICTION / Thrillers
Work titles: Tideline
Description: " At the house next door, respectability can hide all manner of sins   When her neighbor's fifteen-year-old nephew goes missing, Sonia is the last person that  anyone would suspect. At forty-three, she is a strikingly attractive wife and mother.  And like the River House, her lovely home overlooking the Thames, Sonia's life is a  picture of perfection and normalcy--until she meets Jez. From the moment he shows up  on Sonia's doorstep, the gorgeous teenage boy awakens a torrent of memories that  threaten to reveal a terrifying truth. Drawn to Jez by a compulsion that she scarcely  understands, Sonia takes him captive--prepared to sacrifice everything to keep him"--

"Sonia, forty-three, is a strikingly attractive wife and mother with a lovely house overlooking the Thames in London. Her life is a picture of perfection and normalcy. But when fifteen-year-old Jez, the gorgeous nephew of a neighbor and friend, shows up on her doorstep one evening, she's prepared to sacrifice it all to keep him. Fiercely drawn to Jez by a compulsion that she scarcely understands, Sonia finds herself holding him hostage in her home, awakening a torrent of memories of a wild and intense teenage relationship that unveil the tragic events at the root of her obsession and build up to a brilliant ending. A fast paced and darkly compelling psychological thriller, KEPT IN THE DARK is a story about the power of obsession and the crime next door, where apparent respectability can hide all manner of sins"--
Notes: Originally published as: Tideline. London : Simon & Schuster, 2011.