Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a powerfully compelling novel about a mother who begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime'It's not every day a writer like this comes our way' Guardian'A moral mystery for the thinking reader' Financial Times on Liar'Gundar-Goshen is interested in examining the messy grey areas between right and wrong, good and bad, victim and perpetrator' Financial Times______________Lilach seems to have it all: a beautiful home in the heart of Silicon Valley, a community of other Israeli immigrants, a happy marriage and a close relationship with her teenage son, Adam. But when aa local synagogue is brutally attacked, her shy, reclusive son is compelled to join a self-defense class taught by a former Israeli Special Forces officer. Then a Black teenager dies at a house party, andrumours begin to circulate that Adam and his new friends might have been involved.As scrutiny begins to invade Lilach's peaceful home, and her family's stability is threatened, will are her own fears be the greatest danger of all?
