Toby is the golden boy: charming, carefree, and lucky—until the night he isn’t. Attacked in his home by two burglars, Toby barely survives, his injuries leaving him a shadow of his former self. Seeking solace, he retreats to his family’s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle, Hugo.
But peace is shattered when a skull is found in the garden’s elm tree, triggering a police investigation that spirals into Toby’s darkest fears. As detectives dig into his family’s secrets, Toby is haunted by a chilling possibility: has his charmed life been built on lies?
From the acclaimed author praised by Stephen King and Gillian Flynn, this gripping tale blurs the lines between memory and reality, unraveling a mystery that will leave you questioning everything.
