The trial

<p><b>'Jo Spain is a sublime storyteller . . . this is a book you won't want to put down' JANE CASEY</b><br><b><br>2014, Dublin:</b> at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies - never to be seen again. With too many unanswered questions, Dani simply can't accept Theo's disappearance and reports him missing, even though no one else seems concerned, including Theo's father.<br><br>Ten years later, Dani returns to the college as a history professor. With her mother suffering from severe dementia, and her past at St Edmunds still haunting her, she's trying for a new start. But not all is as it seems behind the cloistered college walls - meanwhile, Dani is hiding secrets of her own.<br><b><br><u>EVERYONE LOVES JO SPAIN'S UNFORGETTABLE THRILLERS</u></b><br><br>'Jo Spain never disappoints' <b>Chris Whitaker</b><br><br>'A very addictive read' <b>5* reader review</b><br><br>'Compelling, enthralling and entertaining' <b>Liz Nugent</b><br><br>'Wow! What did I just read? This is stupendous' <b>5* reader review</b><br><br>'Jo Spain at her brilliant best: non-stop tension, clever twists and turns, and nothing is ever as it seems' <b>Andrea Mara</b><br><br>'I love Jo Spain's novels!' <b>5* reader review</b><br><br>'So vivid, atmospheric and chilling' <b>Claire Douglas </b><br><br>'Jo Spain keeps you entertained with plenty of twists and turns' <b>5* reader review</b><br><br>'The queen of the corkscrew plot' <b><i>Sunday Times Crime Club </i></b></p>