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When Tom Seymour, a child psychologist, plunges into a river to save a young man from drowning, he unwittingly reopens a chapter from his past he'd hoped to forget. For Tom already knows Danny Miller - when Danny was ten Tom helped imprison him for the killing of an old woman. Now out of prison with a new identity, Danny has some questions - questions he thinks only Tom can answer. Reluctantly, Tom is drawn back into Danny's world - a place where the border between good and evil, innocence and guilt is blurred and confused. But when Danny's demands on Tom become extreme, Tom wonders whether…
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15 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2017Picador · 224 pages · 9781250165954
- Ebook · English · 2010Penguin Group UK · 9780141935430
- Other · English · 2007Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9780374706043
- Other · English · 2002Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd · 9780708993484
- Other · English · 2002Penguin Books, Limited · 9780141008684
- Other · English · 2002Penguin · 280 pages · 9780140270747
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