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Picture of Innocence
TJ Stimson
THE MUST-READ PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE OF 2019… Perfect for fans of LULLABY, LET ME LIE and THE CRY.My name is Lydia. I’m 12 years old. I’m not an evil person, but I did something bad.My name is Maddie. I’d never hurt my son. But can I be sure if I don’t remember?With three children under ten, Maddie is struggling. On the outside, she’s a happy young mother, running a charity as well as a household. But inside, she’s exhausted. She knows she’s lucky to have to have a support network around her. Not just her loving husband, but her family and friends too.But is Maddie putting her trust in the right people? Because when tragedy strikes, she is certain someone has hurt her child – and everyone is a suspect, including Maddie herself…The women in this book are about to discover that looks can be deceiving… because anyone is capable of terrible things. Even the most innocent, even you.THIS IS THE STORY OF EVERY MOTHER’S WORST FEAR. BUT IT’S NOT A STORY YOU KNOW… AND NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS.
PICTURE OF INNOCENCE
T J Stimson
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008298203
Ebook Edition © [month] 2019 ISBN: 9780008298210
Version: 2019-03-13
Dedication (#ulink_82a0abb1-a9cd-590b-a065-47ef476c864c)
For my nephews,
George, Harry and Oliver.
Your Daddy would be so proud of you.
Charles Michael Francis Stimson
1974–2015
Epigraph (#ulink_11d99c3a-4525-53e1-ab31-b7565dd22d37)
Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
Contents
Cover (#u4a4f782c-5419-5001-a328-31e8a1df805c)
Title Page (#uee249c43-66b8-5343-b76d-9c44a91eaf51)
Copyright (#u0dfc9570-0fd9-59ea-8a35-0483c60b43f4)
Dedication (#u78a8f83f-2f39-5268-a490-4346421b93ab)
Epigraph (#uf0bdbf0c-7a19-5862-a1b5-25aa1dd62c6b)
Now (#u8eb3a784-8187-59e6-8d96-e01dd773624a)
Four weeks earlier (#udac37c4f-412b-58ab-a1e0-20b577b7d51e)
Chapter 1: Monday 11.00 p.m. (#u4eda3c11-5a80-579c-a0ff-3ef22e38d293)
Chapter 2: Tuesday 7.20 a.m. (#uf8e2c211-8a99-567c-8a5a-d7e529b220db)
Chapter 3: Tuesday 10.00 a.m. (#u1a4a7f40-94d1-5b61-94bc-4532602d669f)
Lydia (#ufe1980f5-98fe-5375-914d-edcafb6a094a)
Chapter 4: Wednesday 7.30 a.m. (#uc47abd9d-5ddd-5afa-88e0-4e5e085b50c0)
Chapter 5: Wednesday 10.00 a.m. (#u74f37ca2-92c1-5f41-8462-73640a75fb0e)
Chapter 6: Friday 11.30 a.m. (#u2d23a5d7-fada-52bb-bb8f-7fb2b9ffbd84)
Chapter 7: Saturday 2.00 a.m. (#u8dc1c2c0-06a2-586a-b02b-8d6cc8773c53)
Chapter 8: Saturday 7.30 a.m. (#u9ef1cfb1-9ef3-5d7b-b251-4fde35404fb4)
Lydia (#ufd130540-32c6-5ac0-878e-d81e7fd12a06)
Chapter 9: Saturday 8.30 a.m. (#u6feb9b81-8fc0-56be-8b63-b0bfd20d043d)
Chapter 10: Saturday 10.00 a.m. (#ueedc726a-5fc1-5709-9160-57d76461bf6f)
Chapter 11: Saturday 11.00 a.m. (#uda450cb8-83ba-5647-ac92-84e16db05a4a)
Lydia (#u76779a1a-1c3f-5299-96d8-6e1fd23cecdf)
Chapter 12: Saturday noon (#u5d42fc53-1474-5e4f-aa8d-2e2cdf543602)
Chapter 13: Sunday 6.30 a.m. (#u7b449ee6-7090-59db-8fad-2b9ad3c4e75f)
Chapter 14: Tuesday 2.00 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15: Wednesday 8.00 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16: Wednesday 11.30 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17: Wednesday 2.00 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18: Wednesday 4.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19: Thursday 9.00 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20: Thursday 10.00 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21: Saturday 10.00 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22: Saturday 11.30 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23: Sunday 2.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24: Monday 12.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25: Monday 11.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26: Tuesday 2.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27: Tuesday 6.00 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28: Tuesday 8.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29: Tuesday 9.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30: Thursday 4.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Lydia (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31: Thursday 5.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32: Thursday 7.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33: Thursday 8.00 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34: Friday 2.00 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35: Saturday 7.00 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36: Saturday 8.00 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37: Saturday 2.15 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38: Sunday 9.55 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39: Sunday 1.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40: Tuesday 7.30 a.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41: Thursday 3.00 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42: Friday 2.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43: Friday 4.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44: Friday 6.30 p.m. (#litres_trial_promo)
