SPEAK NO EVIL CL

Anne Marie Smeaton is back in her hometown, trying to live a normal life with her partner and teenage son. But that's impossible for Anne Marie, because 40 years ago, when she was eleven, she killed a little boy. She is trying to make peace by telling her story to journalist Joe Donovan. But by dredging up repressed memories, Anne Marie is unleashing old nightmares. Suffering from horrifying visions, she sometimes does things she has no memory of afterwards, So when a teenager on her estate is murdered and she wakes up with blood on her hands, Anne Marie naturally fears the worst. Desperate, she turns to Donovan for help. But Donovan may have his own reasons for helping her...

Martyn Waites is one of crime fiction's leading writers of neo-noir. He is the author of The Mercy Seat, Bone Machine, White Riot, and Speak No Evil. Waites lives in London.