The Doctor's Child
The doctor is dead. Now his daughter wants revenge…
‘I’ll always protect you.’ These are the words my mother whispered to me every time she kissed me goodnight. And whenever we ventured outside our windswept seaside village, she’d clutch my hand tightly and her face would be pinched and pale. I never understood why. But now I do.
Growing up, I’d heard the whispers and the rumours. My mother tried to keep the truth from me, but she failed. I understand exactly what happened eighteen years ago. I know I am the murdered doctor’s child.
Everything could have been so different if the doctor’s wife hadn’t ruined my mother’s life – and mine too. We could’ve been a proper family, living in a big house with a stunning sea view. Instead, I never got to know my dad and my mother is a shadow of the person she once was, always looking over her shoulder…
Glancing at my fair hair and bright blue eyes in the mirror, I realise I’m just like my father. And it’s up to me to right the wrongs of the past.
They say the doctor’s wife is clever and calculating. That she gets away with murder. But she hasn’t met me yet…
From the number one bestselling author of The Doctor’s Wife, this is a totally gripping and page-turning psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the final jaw-dropping twist. If you love Behind Closed Doors, Gone Girl and The Housemaid, you’ll be hooked on The Doctor’s Child.
Readers also enjoyed
Daniel Hurst
I’ve wanted to be a writer ever since I can remember. As a child, I would scribble stories and give them to my parents, my overactive imagination filled with excitement and dreams as I felt like being an author was just something you chose to do and it was as easy as that.
Fast forward a few decades and I was in my thirties, still harbouring the childhood dream, yet feeling as far away from it as ever. I worked 9-5 as a procurement officer in a bank, a job that did little to set my creative imagination soaring. Worse than that, due to a combination of lethargy, fear, and a lack of knowledge about the publishing world, I had no finished stories, no readers, and therefore, no writing career.
One day, I refused to let my dream die and I committed to not only finishing books but putting them out into the world. In February 2020, thanks to Amazon’s KDP platform, I began self publishing, and to say it changed my life would be an understatement. It was in January 2021, after the successful release of my title Til Death Do Us Part, that my dream came true. I quit my day job and became a full time writer!
Since then, I have lived my dream, writing multiple books for a growing and loyal army of devoted readers. Along the way, I attracted the attention of two publishers, firstly, Inkubator, and secondly, Bookouture, an imprint of Hachette, one of The Big Five publishers. I continue to self publish, but am officially a hybrid author, regularly releasing titles with Bookouture to reach an even wider audience of readers than I could ever reach on my own.
I wouldn’t be in this position without the support of my parents, my wife and of course, my readers and, as I will teach my beautiful daughter as she gets older - follow your dreams, not the crowd.
The Doctor's Wife
The Doctor's Wife consists of four primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
