Millar, Louise: The Hidden Girl

Hannah let her head fall back and shut her eyes. This was idyllic. No sirens or buses; no voices from the fried-chicken shop on the corner; no drum and bass from passing cars, or taxi engines running outside the pub.
She swayed a little, and picked out the distant bray of an animal and a soft hiss, and wondered fancifully if it might come from the sea, across the marshes.
To her left, there was a rustle in the bushes.
Hannah opened her eyes.

When the country dream turns into a nightmare . . .

Hannah and Will Riley love their London life. Will has a music production company in Shepherd's Bush and Hannah travels globally for a human rights charity. But there's one thing missing from their lives. And it's destroying them.

So when they find the abandoned Tornley Hall in a remote Suffolk village near where Will grew up, Hannah convinces him that a move to the countryside will help. He can commute. She can devote her time to restoring the property and creating a perfect home. And then everything will fall into place - won't it?

But when heavy snowfall traps Will back in London, a new temptation beckons. Cut off in Suffolk, Hannah's renovation work leads her to a shocking secret about their new home. Yet to reveal it now could lose her everything.

Hannah must battle with her conscience - before it's too late for any of them.