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The Golden Child
  • Published: 13 April 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241821428
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99
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The Golden Child

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13 Apr 2027
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14 Jan 2027
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14 Jan 2027
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14 Feb 2027
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A gripping, tense new psychological thriller from global bestselling author Lucinda Berry that asks one haunting question: If you had to choose, which child would you save?

Ava and Bentley are Irish twins - eleven months apart, inseparable since birth. Ava is the golden girl: disciplined, driven, bound for success. Bentley is the screwup: reckless, restless, always one bad choice away from disaster.

Until Ava makes a mistake that can’t be undone.

After a party, Ava gets behind the wheel - and hits someone. Terrified that her future will implode before it begins, she calls the one person she can trust: Bentley.

He’s there in minutes. He sees the body. And he makes a split-second decision that will change their lives.

He tells Ava to go home.
He takes the blame.

But when someone discovers the truth, their family must make an impossible choice: protect their brilliant daughter? Or save the son whose future has always teetered on the brink...
  • Published: 13 April 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241821428
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99
Categories:

About the author

Lucinda Berry

USA Today bestselling author, Lucinda Berry, is a former psychologist and leading researcher in childhood trauma. With millions of books sold worldwide, she's written multiple bestsellers including The Perfect Child, Saving Noah, and Keep Your Friends Close. Her work has been optioned for film and translated into several languages. If Berry isn't chasing after her son, you can find her running through Los Angeles, prepping for her next marathon. To hear about her upcoming releases and other author news, visit her on social media @lucindaberryauthor.
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Praise for The Golden Child

Praise for Lucinda Berry

Lucinda Berry is just so so brilliant...thrilling, addictive

Lisa Jewell

A leading voice in the genre and a force to be reckoned with

Jeneva Rose

Those looking for an emotional rollercoaster ride will be rewarded

Publishers Weekly

Berry’s flawlessly placed clues and psychological expertise grab you from the first word, not letting go until the last. Compelling, intricate, and shocking

Samantha M. Bailey, USA Today bestselling author

Combine Lucinda Berry’s deep understanding of the complexities of the human mind with her immense talent for storytelling and you have...an intense psychological thriller that kept my heart racing until the shocking, jaw-dropping conclusion. Bravo

T. R. Ragan, New York Times bestselling author

Every family insists they don't have a favourite child. The Golden Child dares to ask what happens when that comforting belief is put to the test. Lucinda Berry masterfully weaves together the perspectives of every member of a fractured family, revealing how each sees the same tragedy through a different lens...This is a sharp, emotionally resonant psychological thriller that will leave you questioning not only every character, but the stories families tell themselves to survive. You'll be reading through the night

Carter Wilson, USA Today bestselling author of Tell Me What You Did

Lucinda Berry writes with such power and compassion, all balanced on a razor-sharp knife's point in The Golden Child. If you're a fan of Jodi Picoult with a thriller edge, you'll love Lucinda Berry

Sarah Pekkanen, no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women In White

A startling psychological narrative that rivets from page one.

Karin Slaughter, No. 1 Sunday Times and International Bestselling Author

Absolutely riveting. The Golden Child is a tense and heart-wrenching exploration of family and culpability. I could not put this down.

Mary Watson, Sunday Times and No. 1 Irish Times bestseller

A gripping and wonderfully tense psychological drama about how one well-intentioned lie can have disastrous life-changing consequences. I raced through it!

B.A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author

Lucinda Berry at her absolute best! The Golden Child forces you to decide how far you’d go to save your family, and how far you’d go to get away from them

Daniel G. Miller, USA Today bestselling author of The Orphanage by the Lake and Buried in the Woods Below