The Other Son, J.M. Hewitt
The Other Son, J.M. Hewitt
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The Other Son

Author: J.M. Hewitt

Narrator: Lorna Bennett

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/07/2022


Synopsis

She saved her son once. Would she do the same again?

Sara and her family needed a fresh start after a tragedy that ruined many lives. They have found peace since arriving at their new home in the Kielder Forest National Park twelve months ago. That is, unless you count the dark cloud that has settled over them, and the crippling tension behind closed doors. Sara tries to pretend everything is normal, but in reality she is haunted by a devastating truth about one of her children.

Travis has a reputation as a counselor skilled at helping troubled teens. He has been watching Sara. He sees her fragility, and believes that he can fix her and her eldest son. Like his mother, Scott barely speaks, and has a look in his eye that hints at unimaginable trauma. If Travis could only get close to Sara she would see that he can protect her, and put an end to their suffering.

Yet below the surface, Sara is anything but weak. No matter what, she won't give up on her child. And when she is cornered, she will go to extreme lengths to protect her most precious boy.

Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Shalini Boland, and K. L. Slater, The Other Son is a compulsive tale of family secrets with twists you won't see coming.

About J.M. Hewitt

J. M. Hewitt is the author of six crime fiction novels. Her work has also been published in three short story anthologies. Her books usually incorporate twentieth and twenty-first-century events and far-flung locations, and her novels explore the darker side of human behavior.

In contrast to the sometimes dark content of her books, she lives a very nice life in a seaside town in Suffolk with her dog, Marley.

When she was ten years old she'd read all the books she owned, all those on her mother's bookcase and everything the library had to offer. She decided the only course of action to take was to write her own stories. Thirty years later, she is still writing them.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Samadhee on March 26, 2022

This book actually talks about the aftermath of a school shooting and how a mother deals with the death of her son. The story talks about Sara who moves to a new place to start a fresh new life after a tragedy that took away the life of her younger son, Ryan. Her older son, Scott is undergoing therap......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on February 25, 2024

The story had a lot of potential but I’m not sure the writer did it justice.......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on November 13, 2022

Sara has relocated her family to a new town after a devastating scenario no one would ever want to say they were a part of… hoping for a fresh start. Here we meet Travis, a counselor with questionable intentions, who is determined to “save” Sara from her dark past. I don’t want to give any spoilers aw......more

Goodreads review by CJ on April 03, 2022

I really struggled with this one I found it a slow burn which made it hard for me to engage with and it just didn't have much going it was stagnant and I found the plot predictable, just wasn't to my taste.......more

Goodreads review by Annie on April 26, 2022

An intense book about family relationships and the aftermath of trauma . Sara is the mother of two sons, though it is gradually revealed that they were all involved in a shooting at the boys' school and all is not as it first appears. Sara has severed ties with their previous life and they are now l......more