'Beautifully written, emotionally intelligent.' Daily Mail'What separates Thomas' writing from your average domestic drama is its compelling persuasiveness.' StylistONE PERFECT HOLIDAY. ONE SHOCKING ENDING.When Rob decides the family needs to get away for the summer Jess is not convinced - won't all the things they're escaping be waiting for them on their return? But the kids are thrilled, and bef...

The most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves...'Excellent . . . A gripping debut.' Sunday Times'Taut, absorbing and psychologically astute.' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainDr Ruth Hartland is the director of a highly respected trauma therapy unit. She is confident, capable and excellent at her job. But she is finding it hard to maintain.Increasingly preoccupied by her son Tom's disap...

**"Taut, absorbing and psychologically astute, in A Good Enough Mother Bev Thomas combines all the tension of a thriller with the emotional resonance of a powerful family drama."--Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train"Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient." --BooklistA riveting page-turner that lets us inside the secret world of therapist and patient, where boundaries get crossed, an...

When Rob decides the family needs to get away for the summer Jess is not convinced - won't all the things they're escaping be waiting for them on their return? But the kids are thrilled, and before long their idyllic little cottage, the sea air, and the feel of skin sticky from sun-cream, lollies and sand, begins to work its magic.Jess allows herself to sink into the holiday vibes - the family even make holiday friends. As the summer heat intensifies Jess - ever vigilant - unearths...

**"Taut, absorbing and psychologically astute, in A Good Enough Mother Bev Thomas combines all the tension of a thriller with the emotional resonance of a powerful family drama."--Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train"Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient." --BooklistA riveting page-turner that lets us inside the secret world of therapist and patient, where boundaries get crossed, an...

Ruth Hartland is the director of a trauma unit, a psychotherapist with years of experience, wise and respected by her peers. But professional skill is no guard against private grief. The mother of grown twins, she is haunted by the fact that her beautiful, difficult, fragile son Tom, a boy who never "fit in," disappeared a year and a half earlier. She cannot give up hope of finding him, but feels she is living a kind of half-life, waiting for him to return. Enter a new patient, Dan, who lo...

FREE EBOOK SAMPLER: The First Chapter of Bev Thomas's debut thrillerThe most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves.Dr Ruth Hartland rises to difficult tasks. She is the director of a highly respected trauma therapy unit. She is confident, capable and excellent at her job. Today she is preoccupied by her son Tom's disappearance.So when a new patient arrives at the unit - a young man who looks shockingly like Tom - she is floored.As a ther...