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Also by Helen Cooper:

My Darling Boy, December 2024
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The Couple in the Photo, December 2023
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The Other Guest, August 2022
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The Downstairs Neighbor, April 2022
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The Downstairs Neighbor, February 2021
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MY DARLING BOY
By: Helen Cooper

G.P. Putnam's Sons
December 2024
On Sale: December 3, 2024
336 pages
ISBN: 059371993X
EAN: 9780593719930
Kindle: B0CWYB2C3B
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Thriller Psychological | Women's Fiction Psychological

What if mother doesn’t know best…?

In a close-knit English village, Chrissy and Alice were once best friends. So were their sons, Leo and Robbie. Until the night Leo killed Robbie with a single, devastating punch. Now Leo has gone to prison, Chrissy has lost her pub, and Alice has been pouring her anger into a twisted project . . .

As Leo’s parole date approaches, the villagers are incensed and fearful about the prospect of his return. But when Chrissy arrives to collect Leo from prison, he isn’t there. The staff tell her he has already been released, but nobody knows where he’s gone.

As the village closes ranks, Chrissy realizes her former friends are suspects in her son’s disappearance, not the least of which is still-bitter Alice. Is Leo being punished for what happened that terrible night? Or do the answers lie further back, in a dark past none of them wants to revisit?