The Perfect Accident: an absolutely gripping psychological suspense thriller to keep you hooked in 2026

$17.99
by Tess Stimson

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'Tess Stimson is the master of the didn't-see-that-coming twist' LISA JEWELL The brand new suspense thriller from the Sunday TImes and USA Today bestseller. YOU CAN'T SAVE THEM ALL. WHO DO YOU CHOOSE? . . . This year, for the first time, the high school prom will be held on a luxurious cruiser on the lake. Sisters Amy and Iris are thrilled to chaperone, watching their sons step into adulthood in pressed suits and shiny shoes. It's a night of pride, celebration - and promise. Until the boat sinks. As darkness falls and the air begins to run out, buried secrets surface. Trapped beneath the lake, one of the sisters is forced to make an unthinkable choice: sacrifice her own son - or let her nephew and twenty-one other teenagers drown. One year later, a girl will wake up from her coma, ready to tell everyone what really happened at the bottom of the lake. And someone needs to keep her quiet - this time, for good . . . A pulse-pounding novel of small-town secrets, lies and betrayal - with a twist you won't see coming. Tess Stimson is the author of fifteen novels, which have been translated into dozens of languages, plus two non-fiction books. A former British journalist and reporter, Stimson was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Florida in 2002 and moved to the US. In addition to writing fiction, she continues to work as a journalist and teaches reporting for media and creative writing at a university in the Northeastern US. She now lives in Vermont with her husband and is visited intermittently by her three grown-up children whenever they need their laundry done. For more information, visit Tess's website or follow her on Instagram and Facebook.

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