In his second novel after the acclaimed
‘Before I go to Sleep’ Watson focuses on the dangers of online relationships.
Julia used to be an up and coming photographer until her lover’s death in a
Berlin squat sent her running back to England and into marriage with dull
dependable Hugh. Life with Hugh, a heart surgeon, and their adopted teenage son
Connor is smooth sailing until news hits that Julia’s younger sister Kate has
been found dead in a Paris alleyway. Connor is Kate’s son and Kate had been
making moves to get him back.
At the funeral the family meets Anna,
Kate’s flatmate. Anna reveals that she and Kate used to frequent online
chatrooms to meet men for sex. Frustrated at the lack of information from Paris
and struggling to deal with Kate’s death; Julia starts frequenting those same
sites trying to draw out her sister’s killer. This second life is intoxicating,
addicting and Julia has no idea that’s she’s the one being drawn out into the
open...
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