Capture

Description

The truth is just the lie you believe the most

As four-year-old Sunny Exley drowns in the icy waters off a luxury beach house, her father, Nick, smokes weed on the shore and her mother, Caroline, is lost in the arms of a lover. Hidden on nearby boulders, rent-a-cop Vernon Saul watches the child die and chooses to act only when it is too late.

In the days following Sunny’s death, gutted by grief and guilt, Nick falls under the spell of Vernon, who presents himself as a friend in time of need. When the sinister Vernon’s true motives are revealed, Nick is drawn into a spiral of manipulation and murder that leaves him fighting for his sanity and his life.

Praise for Capture

“A harrowing psychological page-turner. Gripping.” —The Times

“A stark reflection on the insidious nature of guilt and grief. One of the most deeply satisfying books I’ve read this year.” —Florida Times-Union

“The plot is operatic in its violence and tragedy and the characters are heartbreakingly real and immensely flawed. Smith’s impeccable prose hits you on a physical level.” —Spinetingler Magazine

“Excellent. Nobody can peel back the layers of damaged people and, indeed, a broken society, so poetically.” —crimefictionlover.com Top 5 Crime Novels of 2012