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We're giving 100 booklovers the chance to get a copy of Rebecca Hardy's twisty thriller before it's out in July.

The Summer We Lied by Rebecca Hardy

A devastating event. Many versions of the truth.

Eighteen years ago teenager Alex sent a man to prison. She, and her two best friends from school, overheard the vicious murder of a mother and child, although only she took the stand in court.

But despite her evidence, there were always rumours that the wrong man had been imprisoned. That although he was someone not to be trusted, he wasn't a killer.

Alex has always known she did the right thing but when new DNA evidences comes to light and the conviction is overturned, the spotlight falls on her, the woman who sent him to jail. The woman whose mistake may have let the real killer evade justice for years.

Murder wasn't the only crime that summer… For fans of Erin Kelly and Broadchurch.

'So many twists and turns it made my head spin' Jennie Godrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things

'Rebecca Hardy is a blazing new talent' Holly Seddon, autor of 59 Minutes

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