The Trial

Jo Spain is a sublime storyteller . . . this is a book you won't want to put down' JANE CASEY

2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies - never to be seen again. With too many unanswered questions, Dani simply can't accept Theo's disappearance and reports him missing, even though no one else seems concerned, including Theo's father.

Ten years later, Dani returns to the college as a history professor. With her mother suffering from severe dementia, and her past at St Edmunds still haunting her, she's trying for a new start. But not all is as it seems behind the cloistered college walls - meanwhile, Dani is hiding secrets of her own.

A first-class high-stakes thriller' CAZ FREAR

Full of intrigue PRIMA

EVERYONE LOVES JO SPAIN'S UNFORGETTABLE THRILLERS

'Jo Spain never disappoints'
Chris Whitaker

A very addictive read'
5* reader review

Compelling, enthralling and entertaining'
Liz Nugent

Wow! What did I just read? This is stupendous'
5* reader review

Jo Spain at her brilliant best: non-stop tension, clever twists and turns, and nothing is ever as it seems'
Andrea Mara

I love Jo Spain's novels!'
5* reader review

So vivid, atmospheric and chilling'
Claire Douglas

Jo Spain keeps you entertained with plenty of twists and turns'
5* reader review

The queen of the corkscrew plot'
Sunday Times Crime Club