The Mother by TM Logan
Framed for murder. Now she’s free . . .
A woman attends a funeral, standing in the shadows and watching in agony as her sons grieve. But she is unable to comfort them – or reveal her secret.
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A decade earlier, Heather gets her children ready for bed and awaits the return of her husband Liam, little realising that this is the last night they will spend together as a family. Because tomorrow she will be accused of Liam’s murder.
Ten years ago Heather lost everything. Now she will stop at nothing to clear her name – and to get her children back.
My Review
This is another of those ‘I couldn’t put it down’ books. It’s a cracking good read and it kept me up till one o’clock in the morning to finish it.
Heather has lost everything. Convicted of murdering her MP husband Liam, she was sentenced to 18 years. After nine years she is out on licence, but the rules are very strict. No contact with her family, including her two sons who she hasn’t seen since they were toddlers. No approaching anyone involved in the case, the police, the lawyers, no-one.
But Heather is determined to prove her innocence, whatever the cost. The trouble is, she can’t do it alone, but who can she trust?
Over the last nine years, there was someone, a journalist, the only sliver of light in the darkness. He believed that Liam was trying to uncover corruption in Parliament and was killed because of it. That the police missed the evidence, instead taking the easy route and arresting the wife for a crime of passion. He also tried to prove that people were being paid to keep quiet, but ended up in court for libel, losing everything including his career. His name is Owen Tanner and he’s nothing like Heather expected.
Can he help her and should she trust him? She also gets assistance from her roommate at the hostel where she has to live now she’s out, an ex-druggie and alcoholic called Jodie. Jodie understands how Heather feels, because she also lost her child when she was in prison – a daughter named Holly. And she knows how to break into houses and steal things when you need to.
It’s such an exciting book, I’m sure it will be on TV soon like The Holiday and The Catch. I certainly hope so.
Many thanks to @Tr4cyF3nt0n for inviting me to be part of the #CompulsiveReaders #blogtour
About the Author
T.M. Logan is a Sunday Times bestseller whose thrillers have sold more than 1 million copies in the UK and are published in 18 countries around the world. The Holiday was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and has been a major TV drama. Formerly a national newspaper journalist, he now writes full time and lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and two children. Follow him on Twitter @TMLoganAuthorFollow him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
