Manipulation

At times raw and confronting, 'Manipulation' doesn't pull any punches. It grabs the reader's attention early on and keeps hold of it until the final chapter. Manipulation is a little bit crime novel and a lot thriller, with a good dose of action and drama to keep the story moving along. Weaving together past and present, it takes the reader on a series of twists and turns, offering just enough pieces of the puzzle to keep reader guessing right up to the end.

Manipulation tells the story of Sarah Reynolds, a young woman with her life ahead of her. She has a wonderful husband, a job she loves and she has finally managed to put a painful past behind her. Life couldn't get any better.

But it does when her husband Nick is offered the chance of a lifetime. After agonising over the proposal with Sarah, Nick accepts the position. At first all seems well, Sarah becomes the devoted wife of a successful analyst and Nick finds the work challenging and satisfying. When Nick starts to experience strange episodes of blankness, though, the demons lurking below the surface start to nibble away at each of them. Sarah begins to doubt who she is and starts to slip back into a past she thought she had escaped.

In a desperate bid to save herself, she tries to unravel the web of lies that keep taking her back to her past. The more Sarah uncovers, the more chilling the truth becomes. Only by unlocking the past will she survive.