Someone Else’s Son by Sam Hayes, Headline, $32.99
Carrie Kent creates sensational television by manipulating grieving victims of crime, and luring explosive confessions from the perpetrators.
She’s rich, famous, and demands perfection in every part of her life, except for her own performance as a mother.
It’s not until her own son, Max, is stabbed to death that she realises she knows nothing about his life, prompting her to hunt down his friends and enemies, and expose the truth about his murder.
The only witness is his girlfriend, Dayna, she’s not talking, but is she a match for his determined mother?
The strength of Someone Else’s Son, is the way the author plays with the chronology. Max’s last days, are intertwined with Carrie’s investigation into his death, and with her own past.
It builds to a tense climax on the set of Carrie’s show. Can she be saved from the heartbreaking truth about Max’s death? And is there a future for Carrie or Dayna without him?
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