Four families gather for a dream luxury holiday but a dark secret triggers fears of betrayal and ends in murder.
It was supposed to be the perfect holiday, with a big birthday celebration and a long awaited reunion in the Maltese sunshine - four women, Kate, Jenny, Rowan and Izzy, who have been best friends since university, are making the most of a luxurious villa in Malta with their husbands and children in tow.Kate, while happily sucking in the beautiful atmosphere, hears a text come in on her husband Sean's phone. Kate's world falls apart when she sees the content of the text...it's a text from a 'Coral Girl' wanting to 'sort things out in Malta'. Who is Coral Girl? Kate is shell shocked. Not only must Sean be having an affair, but it must be with one of her friends, here in Malta. A woman's worst nightmare. Now, while on holiday all in a house together, there is not one friend in the group she can trust.Kate is haunted and isolated. One of her friends is working against her, to steal her husband, and they are willing to sacrifice years of friendship to destroy her family. But which one, and why? Kate will use her best detective skills to find out who the enemy is. While trying to unravel the truth, she begins unravelling herself. Kate remembers that one time or another Kate has let each of her friends down. She's starting to suspect that this may be an act of revenge.Sean's affair isn't her only problem. Teenage daughter Lucy is not at all herself and it seems that she too has a secret she doesn't want to share with the grown-ups. Kate is too distracted to help her and right now she cannot confide her fears to Sean. This all puts Kate's youngest in danger...will he survive the mistakes of the adults and older kids?On her journey of discovery, examining each member of the group in turn, some uncomfortable truths about them are revealed. Sometimes searching for the truth can be a dangerous game.As Kate closes in on the culprit in the stifling Mediterranean heat, she realises too late that the stakes are far higher than she ever imagined . . Because someone in the villa may be prepared to kill to keep their secret hidden.
