The Judas Tree

Childhood betrayal casts a long shadow… From the author of and , this is a devastating thriller set in a Cornish boarding school. ‘A gripping page-turner’ Tammy Cohen, author of At a bleak boys’ boarding school in Cornwall in the eighties when bullying is rife, Will and his best friend, Luke, are involved in a horrific incident that results in Luke leaving. Twenty-five years later their paths cross again and memories of a painful childhood come flooding back to haunt them both. Will’s wife, Harmony, is struggling after a miscarriage that has hit her hard, and wishes Will would open up about what happened. But as Will withdraws further, she finds herself drawn to the charismatic stranger from her husband’s past, Luke, and soon all three are caught in a tangled web of guilt and desire . . . From Amanda Jennings, author of , comes a haunting thriller about betrayal and revenge. Praise for : ‘That rare thing – a gripping page-turner that’s also emotionally intelligent and very moving. I gulped it down’ ‘Astonishingly good and utterly haunting’ ‘A beautifully crafted tale. Emotional, dark and so very compelling’ ‘AMAZING. Real and disturbing and brilliant, and so beautifully written. The kind of book you want to TALK about’ ‘I LOVED it’ ‘A beautiful, sharply written novel about how we carry the past with us’ ‘A compelling, moving and captivating book that had me hooked from the first page’ ‘A powerful story about the shadowlands that can connect people with long-held secrets . . . A really great read’