Watch Me Disappear

Will the past yield its secrets if we search our memories hard enough? And where does the line fall between normal desire and something altogether murkier? For Tina Humber, these questions become pressing when she returns for a family wedding to the Fenland village of her youth, where her best friend disappeared when they were ten. And the more Tina replays events and relives her tempestuous upbringing, the more she believes she has worked out what happened - and who was responsible. Set against the backdrop of the waterlogged Fens, Jill Dawson's riveting, disturbing novel captures the mysteries of childhood, and that volatile stage when girls become aware of their attractions, but do not grasp the dangers.