Release date 8 September 2026

The debut novel from C.C. Bergen dramatizes what happens when memory and trauma collide.

Callum’s grandmother raised him. When she dies, he seeks the truth surrounding his mother’s disappearance in 1992.

He confronts Isabel Amarante, the author of a new thriller set in Scotland, convinced that her novel is based on a crime involving his mother. He hunts Isabel down to Disley, a picturesque village bordering the High Peak District in England.

As Callum delves into the roots of a dark secret on the Isle of Skye, Isabel must face down her own fragmented memories. But the truth is more tangled and dangerous than either could imagine, linking their lives and changing them forever.

The author holds an MA in Creative Writing. This novel was long listed for the Mslexia Novel Competition.

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