_He stole her childhood . . . she’ll take his future _**
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Something happened, she didn’t know what, something spun, the world turning, back, back, too fast. She would be sick. Bridget put out a hand to steady herself against the wall.
Bridget has a secret—one she keeps from everyone, even her husband. One that threatens to explode when her childhood music teacher, Carmichael, walks into her dress shop. With him is a young girl on the cusp of adulthood, fresh-faced and pretty. She reminds Bridget of herself at that age, naïve and vulnerable.
Bridget wants him away—away from her, away from that girl. But Carmichael won’t leave her alone, won’t stop stalking her. And Bridget’s not a little girl anymore. When he pushes her too far, she snaps. But what she thought was a decisive act only unravels more insidious threats—more than she could have ever imagined—and from which no one is safe, not even her family.
The bestselling British author Christobel Kent has written yet another thrilling page-turner with a twisted, riveting conclusion. What We Did is a nightmarish, impossible-to-put-down tale of the secrets we keep from our families, of chilling childhood abuse, and of long-awaited retribution.
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Review
In a tense but unhurried thriller, Kent manages to champion victims without celebrating victimhood * Morning Star * A taut thriller that demonstrates revenge always comes at a cost * Mail on Sunday * What We Did is so good - proper thrilling, with proper emotion, no girls dead in the gutter, and Ladies Rule -- Louisa Young Gripping from the start and impossible to put down, this psychological thriller will enthral and appal you in equal measure * HEAT magazine * A stirring, eloquent thriller with a nail biting finish * Observer * Kent's writing has always possessed literary elegance, and that is fully in evidence here * Guardian * Psychological thriller that has you in a vice-like grip from the start. Bridget's already living under the relentless stress of her childhood abuse - but when her abuser turns up out of the blue, there's the more traditional suspense of a rash act and its consequences - the latter never trivialising the former. Masterful * Times and Sunday Times Crime Club * the writing is underpinned by intelligent understanding of the complicated legacy of childhood abuse. Kent asks us difficult questions about the true nature of forgiveness and retribution in a fast-paced and moving story. * Daily Mail * Unsettling, intense and brilliantly chilling -- Paula Daly
About the Author
Christobel Kent grew up in London and Essex, including a stint on the Essex coast on a Thames barge with three siblings and four step-siblings, before reading English at Cambridge. She is the author of The Day She Disappeared , The Loving Husband , and The Crooked House , among other novels. Kent lives in Cambridge with her husband and five children.