FAMILY LIFE CAN BE MURDER

Eric Moore has reason to be happy. He has a prosperous business, a comfortable home, a stable family life in a quiet town. Then, on an ordinary night, his teenage son Keith is asked to babysit the eight-year-old daughter of a neighbouring family.

The next morning the girl is missing.:

Suddenly Eric is one of the stricken parents he has seen on television, professing faith in his child's innocence. As the police investigation increasingly focuses on Keith, Eric must counsel his son, find him a lawyer, protect him from the community's steadily growing suspicion.

Except that Eric is not so sure his son is innocent.

SHORTLISTED FOR BOTH THE 2006 DUNCAN LAWRIE DAGGER AND THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2006

*Thomas H. Cook writes like a wounded angel and

Red Leaves is one of his masterworks.' PETER STRAUB

'You won't be able to put it down.' GUARDIAN

'Red Leaves is a brilliant description of how a seemingly perfect life can fall apart all because of one phone call, Outstanding.

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A terrific piece of work: OBSERVER