Picture Him Dead

From bestselling author Deborah O’Connor comes a biting psychological thriller following one woman whose vision board comes to fruition with violent consequences, exposing shocking truths that call into question everything she thought she knew about her family…

Gail Duke is ready to put the past behind her. Four years ago, her life was shattered when her ex-boyfriend, Lucas Green, secretly filmed their sexual encounters and uploaded them online. The violation devastated her life, and worse, strained her relationship with her teenage son, Herbie. Now, on the cusp of a new year and desperate for something to hope for, Gail creates a vision board filled with images of a better future. But when Lucas is granted early release from prison, the fragile stability Gail has constructed begins to unravel.

When Lucas is found murdered in a manner eerily similar to an image Gail created on her vision board, suspicion gathers around her and her son. Unwilling to let anything happen to Herbie, Gail decides to do whatever she can to protect him from harm – no matter the cost.

But Herbie may be more connected to Lucas than anyone realizes, and as competing narratives of guilt, protection, and obsession collide, mother and son must navigate a tightening psychological trap, neither sure whom to trust—each other, the police, or even their own memories.