ISBN: 1507622406 9781507622407

Category: Fiction / Literary

Page count: 280

Dark, psychological drama!Inside a small cupboard at the top of the stairs during a Christmas game of hide and seek, five-year-old Alex Crane listens to her cousins as they dance downstairs chanting, 'Poo face! Poo face!' She raises a small hand and covers her moles, glowing with shame and confusion. She does not want anyone to find her. Already reeling from the loss of her beloved grandfather, the cousins' careless words cut deep. But there is worse to come, and Alex discovers that there are very few people in the world whom she can trust. Years later, self-assured but emotionally disaffected, Alex marries, knowing that the only person she cares for is her closest friend, Lizzy. Trapped and with diminishing hope, Alex almost gives in to Richard's suffocating devotion. However, the discovery of a family mystery takes her over. She pieces together clues and delves deeper into the past, recalling scenes from her childhood which mask a devastating truth. The cupboard at the top of the stairs cannot hold Alex forever.