Author(s): B. P. Walter

Fiction

'Immensely gripping ... Stayed up till past 2am to finish this' Sophie Hannah on The Sunday Times bestseller The Dinner Guest Two strangers meet on the pier



Only one walks away...



Screenwriter Caroline Byrne is desperate to know why her daughter Jessica died, murdered in Stratford when she was supposed to be at a friend's in Somerset.



When Caroline discovers the messages Jessica had been sending a boy named Michael, she realises it's because of him. Because he failed to meet her that day.



He's the reason why her daughter is dead.



And so she makes a choice. He's the one who's going to pay.



That is her promise. Her price.



Set between Essex, Kent, and Australia, The Woman on the Pier is a dark suspense thriller brimming with secrets and lies seeping across three generations - a must-read for fans of Lucy Foley and Rosamund Lupton.