Tideline

'He comes to me when the chatter of school children has died away.This is a silent time, almost as if the river and I are waiting'On a winter's afternoon, Sonia opens the door of her beautiful Greenwich home to fifteen-year-old Jez, the nephew of a family friend. He's come to borrow some music. Sonia invites him in, pours him a drink and realises she can never let him leave.Haunted by memories of an intense teenage relationship, Sonia is filled with an overpowering desire to keep Jez hidden and protected from the outside world. It is as though her own life depends on it. And outside, on the shores of the Thames, long held secrets are coming in on the tide . . .'It's such a thrill to read a book as deliciously dark and richly evocative as Tideline. From the first page to its shocking finale it draws you into its world and won't let go' S J Watson'There are hints of a young Daphne du Maurier in Hancock's cool prose' Daily MailBiographie de l'auteurAfter several years in London, Penny Hancock now lives in Cambridge with her husband and three children. She is a part-time primary school teacher at a speech and language school and has travelled extensively as a language teacher. This is her first novel.