Bad Blood

A double murder. A toxic past. A family secret. There''s no law against keeping secrets... My name is Justine Stone. I left home twelve years ago, never to return. Now my ex-boyfriend, Jake, has been accused of a double murder in the town where we grew up. It''s my job as a barrister to make the case against him. But to face the courts, I need to know the truth. The real truth about what happened when we were young - not just the story I''ll spin the jury. To reach the heart of it, I must face up to the part my own family played. Even if it means risking my life.

Préface
Hodder's 2025 crime launch title - a debut from a well-connected agent and writer, Sarah Hornsley. When young barrister Justine Stone's ex-boyfriend is accused of a brutal double murder, she is forced to return to her home town to investigate.

Auteur

Sarah Hornsley started her career in publishing in 2012 at Orion Books, followed by a short stint in script development before becoming a literary agent in 2015, joining PFD in 2021. She was selected for The Bookseller Rising Star list in 2019. She lives in Essex with her family, and writes alongside working as an agent. Bad Blood is her first novel. Rights have sold in multiple territories and it has been optioned for television.