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'If you're looking for a gripping thriller that twists and turns, Robert Gold delivers'
HARLAN COBEN
The Sunday Times bestselling
Robert Gold
NINE HIDDEN LIVES
Secrets can only survive in the dark

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PRAISE FOR ROBERT GOLD
'Superb' LISA JEWELL
'This is what every other thriller aspires to be' Reader Review (5 stars)
'A one-sitting read' ANDREA MARA
'Cliff-hangers and revelations galore' THE TIMES

'Utterly absorbing' SHARI LAPENA
'Surely Netflix-bound' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'Excellent' LEE CHILD
'This book will take over all your free time' Reader Review (5 stars)
'One of a kind' JAMES PATTERSON
'Full of shocking twists, I loved it' KARIN SLAUGHTER

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When journalist Ben Harper is asked to help re-examine an unsolved murder case from thirty years ago, he immediately agrees. It's not just that the victim was also a journalist, murdered after she'd published a series of shocking interviews with victims of domestic abuse. It's also that he understands all too well the need of victim's daughter, Doctor Uma Jha, for answers.

But it's not long before their investigation leads to threats being made on Uma's life. Ben needs to unravel this crime before it's too late, but instead he finds himself tangled in a web of lies and deception. After all, a crime like murder has implications for many people.

People who have been keeping secrets for over thirty years.

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Robert Gold is the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Ben Harper series, which includes Twelve Secrets, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, Eleven Liars, Ten Seconds and Nine Hidden Lives. Originally from Harrogate in North Yorkshire, Robert Gold began his career as an intern at the American broadcaster CNN, based in Washington DC. He returned to Yorkshire to work for the retailer ASDA, becoming the chain's nationwide book buyer.
He now works in sales for a UK publishing company. Robert lives in Putney and his new hometown served as the inspiration for the fictional town of Haddley in his thrillers.