Coral Banks, a recluse, has a big secret, one she’s itching to get rid of. First, she must interact with people at a neighbour’s fiftieth birthday party, to overcome her fears from being forced to be a hermit since she was sixteen. It’s difficult being Coral, especially when she thinks about murder and what it feels like to stab someone… Rebecca Stallard, the host, has a secret of her own, one that has plagued her since she was seventeen. Guilt doesn’t factor in her life, she doesn’t regret leaving the confines of that terrible place, but the months she spent there have followed her from the past into the future, and when the party takes a terrible turn, she worries everything will come tumbling down… Michelle McCracken has been living a lie with her husband, Trevor, for three years. They don’t speak to their neighbours, they can’t afford to, so when Trevor insists they attend Rebecca’s party, she’s on tenterhooks. Especially when she receives a text message from someone who’s discovered her real identity… Katy Webber has been controlled all her life but doesn’t realise it until it might be too late. She lives in a house received from ill-gotten gains and worries her secret will be uncovered. When grisly gifts are left on her driveway, she suspects a client has got it in for her. Which one? She’s upset two of them to the point they’ve been threatening her… All four women suffer with anxiety. All four have secrets so big, they struggle to contain their fears. With someone watching their every move, playing with them, their carefully constructed lives are in jeopardy. Who’s a killer? Who wishes they were? And who has blood on their hands? Come and join the party at Farmoor Close, a place where everyone has something to hide.