Book excerpt: THREE “thought-provoking…deep and powerful” domestic thrillers from experienced mental health clinician S.A. McEwen. Hailed as “intense, surprising and original”, these psychological stories about families and the things that make us tick will enthral you from start to finish. “S.A. McEwen has a knack for understanding the small idiosyncrasies that factor in to how people think. These observations lead to an intricate tale that should not be missed." Author K. Moore ★★★★★ "Five freaking glorious stars awesome." ★★★★★ "Liane Moriarty, but grittier." Catherine Deveny, Writer, Comedian, Author and Speaker "This is a story that will stay with me for a long time." ★★★★ "A well written fast paced thriller is very rare to find these days...From [the] first page I was hooked." ★★★★★ "Sexy and seductive. Dark and chilling. Thought provoking and challenging." ★★★★★ "I am in awe of this writer and this story. It was so gritty and emotional and so compelling. I couldn't put it down. The emotions that ran thru and the intrigue kept you guessing...I don't say this often, this is a story not to be missed." ★★★★★ "This complex story took me by surprise. It is like nothing I have ever read. The characters are well written and developed. They are realistic and captivating. All of them had secrets...this is a book not to be overlooked. It is a must read." ★★★★★ "This story is brilliantly written and really grips you, keeping you guessing until the very end. I can usually tell how it will end or whodunnit but this time no matter how convinced I was about who it was, I was wrong and I love that!" ★★★★★ "It's thrilling, a little scary, and intriguing...Hint: Your first, second, and third guesses are all wrong."★★★★★ "Wow! Talk about a book that will stay with you. It dealt with a lot of things that people don't talk about...in a way that kept you hooked. Really good book." ★★★★★ “Thought-provoking…deep and powerful” ★★★★★ “Beautifully written, tightly plotted page-turner.” ★★★★★ “Smart, fast-moving, twisty and dark.” ★★★★★ “Tense, haunting, perfect for fans of The Last Thing He Told Me and Little Fires Everywhere.” ★★★★★ GOOD GIRL BAD A perfect life, or a perfect lie? Rebecca Giovanni has a beautiful life—a job she loves, a new husband who’s a great deal better than the old one, and two charming daughters from her first marriage. It’s hard not to be smug about how well she’s done for herself. She trusts her new husband. Then she wakes to find him and her sixteen-year-old daughter missing. Their dog is dead, and the front door is wide open. No matter what the police insinuate, Rebecca cannot believe Leroy and Tabby went anywhere together willingly. She’s doing a stellar job, but blended families always have their difficulties. And they'd never leave the house without their phones and wallets. But where are they? What happened in the house that night? Rebecca’s younger daughter is acting strangely, and her ex-husband is hiding secrets of his own—like where he was that night, and the real reason that he left Rebecca. And Rebecca can’t help thinking about the last time she saw her husband, and heard him say something she’d rather forget… THE GOOD DAUGHTER A violent murder. A family secret. And a boyfriend who's not who he says he is... Sydney, Australia. Lawyer and companion Natalie Coommaraswamy struggles to be the good daughter her parents demand. A second-generation Sri Lankan, she’s never penetrated her family’s resolute silence surrounding their flight from Sri Lanka, and has been left with unanswered questions about where she belongs and who she can trust. Then her best friend is found murdered. Fuelled by disinterest from the police, Natalie begins her own hunt for the murderer. But when clues point to her new lover, her carefully regulated world starts to unravel. And the truth will threaten more than her sanity… A dark, smart and twisty thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Liane Moriarty. NB a more explicit version of this book was previously published under a pen name with ISBN 9780648201342. It has also been published with the title Ruined. The content remains the same. THE LOST BOY Things are going wrong for Olivia Shorten. Her little boy has become withdrawn and anxious. Her marriage is not the safe place she had believed it to be. To top it all off, her teenage stepson has just come to live with them…and there’s something unsettling, something not-quite-right about Charlie. Olivia has her own plan about how to fix things. Unconventional, maybe, but she thinks she’s doing the right thing for her family. But then her little boy vanishes from their backyard without a trace. Frantic with fear, and with the police and the media poking around in places she'd rather they didn't, it soon becomes apparent that everyone is hiding something. Including Olivia. A gripping page-turner of family secrets for fans of Laura Dave, Celeste Ng and Paula Hawkins.