The Woman on the Pier

‘As much a thriller as a chilling exploration of grief, is one of B P Walter’s finest—and most shocking—novels yet’ A. J. Gnuse, author of Screenwriter Caroline Byrne is desperate to know why her daughter Jessica died, murdered in Stratford when she was supposed to be at a friend’s in Somerset. When Caroline discovers the messages Jessica had been sending a boy named Michael, she realises it’s because of him. Because he failed to meet her that day. He’s the reason why her daughter is dead. And so she makes a choice. He’s the one who’s going to pay. That is her promise. Her price. Set between Essex, Kent, and Australia, is a dark suspense thriller brimming with secrets and lies seeping across three generations – a must-read for fans of Lucy Foley and Rosamund Lupton. ‘An , and dissection of a mother’s grief and her journey to get what she perceives as justice’ R. J. Parker, author of