When Janette answers the door to a potential customer looking to board his dog, she never imagines he has nefarious plans.

But minutes later he's dead and in her cellar.

Weeks later she realises she's pregnant.

And so she becomes Mother and the baby Child, and a hidden life begins.

But all secrets come out eventually . . .

Anita Waller is the author of many bestselling psychological thrillers and the Kat and Mouse crime series. She lives in Sheffield, which continues to be the setting of many of her thrillers.