One Step Too Far

An apparently happy marriage. A beautiful son. A lovely home. So what makes Emily Coleman get up one morning and walk right out of her life to start all over again? Has she had a breakdown? Was it to escape her dysfunctional family - especially her flawed twin sister Caroline who always seemed to hate her? And what is the date that looms, threatening to force her to confront her past? No-one has ever guessed her secret. Will you? The author reveals Emily's motivations for leaving her family with great patience and narrative skill... (there is) excellent dramatic pacing, dialogue and prose, culminating in poignant concluding chapters which examine Emily's decisions without sentimentality. An evocative, skillful novel about the price of escape. Recommended. Kirkus Reviews I couldn't put it down! An intricate, tightly plotted story, engagingly told. Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves, Sunday Times Books of the Year A well-written, intriguing, cleverly structured and compelling read. The twist was excellent and I didn't see it coming.The Literary Consultancy