The gripping true crime story that everyone is talking about THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Chilling. mesmerising' FIONA BARTON, author of The Widow It is early morning on 11 January 1993. A house in a small town is burning. By the time firemen arrive at the scene, two children and their mother are dead. Only Jean-Claude Romande - father and husband - survives. But this horrifying event is not an accident. The police soon find out that Jean-Claude murdered his family - and that there are other victims. When Jean-Claude wakes in hospital, there are questions to be answered.

Why did he lie about his past for so many years? And what drove him to commit such a brutal, unforgivable act? ' Compelling ' Sunday Times ' Unforgettable ' Evening Standard ' Disturbing ' Daily Express.