When I Was Ten. 'Grips Like A Vice' - Val McDermid

When I Was Ten is the stay-up-all-night thriller by acclaimed crime author Fiona Cummins.'Grips like a vice' - Val McDermid, author of the Karen Pirie series'Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced' - Daily MailTwenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age. Their ten year-old daughter - nicknamed the Angel of Death - spent eight years in a children's secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family of her own.
Now, on the anniversary of the trial, a documentary team has tracked down her older sister, compelling her to break two decades of silence. Her explosive interview sparks national headlines and journalist Brinley Booth, a childhood friend of the Carter sisters, is tasked with covering the news story. For the first time, the three women are forced to confront what really happened that night - with devastating consequences for them all.'I finished it with my heart in my mouth.
Highly recommended' - Louise Candlish, author of Our House'Dark, creepy and ultimately compassionate .