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.

'Gripping to the end ''Could not put this book down ''A FANTASTIC twist! ''Full of drama, action and suspense ''Kept me hooked right until the end 'From the bestselling author of THE EX-HUSBAND Samantha Hayes comes a pulse-pounding, unmissable read of buried secrets and shocking truths...A woman stands on a bridge, the water rushing below. In a few seconds she will jump, plunging more than two hundred feet to her death. Who is she? And why is she desperate to take her own life? Nina Kennedy, a wife and mother, is afraid. A man is following her, threatening her family, toying with her sanity. What does he want? And how long will it be before he strikes? Eight-year-old Ava sits waiting for her daddy. But, like the others in the children's home, she knows her father will never come. The home is a place of whispers and shadows. But no one dares tell the truth. Until now...

'Gripping to the end ''Could not put this book down ''A FANTASTIC twist! ''Full of drama, action and suspense ''Kept me hooked right until the end 'From the bestselling author of THE EX-HUSBAND Samantha Hayes comes a pulse-pounding, unmissable read of buried secrets and shocking truths...A woman stands on a bridge, the water rushing below. In a few seconds she will jump, plunging more than two hundred feet to her death. Who is she? And why is she desperate to take her own life? Nina Kennedy, a wife and mother, is afraid. A man is following her, threatening her family, toying with her sanity. What does he want? And how long will it be before he strikes? Eight-year-old Ava sits waiting for her daddy. But, like the others in the children's home, she knows her father will never come. The home is a place of whispers and shadows. But no one dares tell the truth. Until now...