Sam Hayes ist im englischen Coventry geboren. Nach dem Schulabschluss wollte sie Pilotin werden und lernte fliegen, war dann aber in anderen Berufen, u.a. als Privatdetektivin, Buchhalterin und Kellnerin tätig. Sie lebte in Australien und den USA und kehrte schließlich mit ihrem australischen Ehemann und den drei Kindern in ihre westenglische Heimat zurück. Für ihre Kurzgeschichten hat sie mehrere Preise erhalten.

From the bestselling author of The Ex-Husband, a tense, twisty and emotional thriller which asks: Do we ever really know our children? What would you do if your teenage son was stabbed to death in the school playground?It's a question chat-show host Carrie Kent can imagine asking any of her studio guests. Her daily morning show deals with real life in all its grubby glory - from underage sex to benefit swindlers, cheating partners to DNA testing. It's a million miles away from her perfect, polished existence. But when she gets a call to say that her beloved son Max has been murdered, Carrie and her ex-husband Brody will have to enter a world of poverty, fear and violence if they want to find out what really happened. And when the shocking truth is finally revealed, will they be able to live with it? EVERYONE is talking about Samantha Hayes: 'Heartbreaking ''Grabs your heart, squeezes and never lets go ''I was fully immersed from the beginning ''Absolutely brilliant ''Compelling from start to finish '

From the bestselling author of The Ex-Husband, a tense, twisty and emotional thriller which asks: Do we ever really know our children? What would you do if your teenage son was stabbed to death in the school playground?It's a question chat-show host Carrie Kent can imagine asking any of her studio guests. Her daily morning show deals with real life in all its grubby glory - from underage sex to benefit swindlers, cheating partners to DNA testing. It's a million miles away from her perfect, polished existence. But when she gets a call to say that her beloved son Max has been murdered, Carrie and her ex-husband Brody will have to enter a world of poverty, fear and violence if they want to find out what really happened. And when the shocking truth is finally revealed, will they be able to live with it? EVERYONE is talking about Samantha Hayes: 'Heartbreaking ''Grabs your heart, squeezes and never lets go ''I was fully immersed from the beginning ''Absolutely brilliant ''Compelling from start to finish '