***WINNER OF THE 2023 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY***

What if the only way you could prevent a murder was by confessing to it?

Jemma Stelling has confessed to a murder.
She is the police's lead suspect.
She couldn't have committed the crime.
She has an unshakeable alibi: at the time of Marianne Cass's brutal murder, Jemma was at the police station, confessing to a murderous obsession with Marianne.
Is Jemma Stelling innocent? Or is she an ingenious, cold-blooded killer?
Can you be guilty of the opposite of murder?

PRAISE FOR SOPHIE HANNAH:

'A new novel by Sophie Hannah is a cause for celebration!' ALEX MICHAELIDES, author of THE SILENT PATIENT
'One of the best crime writers currently working' THE SCOTSMAN
'High concept and so satisfying' GILLIAN MCALLISTER, author of WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME
'Brain-bending' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

So clever, and has the perfect twist' GILLIAN McALLISTER

What if the only way to prevent a murder is by confessing to it?

Jemma Stelling has confessed to a crime - one she can't have committed. She has an unshakeable alibi: when Marianne Upton was stabbed to death outside her home, Jemma was at the police station confessing to a deadly obsession with Marianne and a plan to kill her in precisely the way she was killed.

So is Jemma innocent? Or is she an ingenious, cold-blooded murderer?