Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was an investigative journalist working across America, Australia and Britain. As a journalist and writer he investigated notorious cases such as the serial killer couple Fred and Rosemary West. He has worked with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes.Michael's 2004 debut thriller, THE SUSPECT, sold more than 1 million copies around the world. It is the first of nine novels featuring clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, who faces his own increasing battle with a potentially debilitating disease. Michael has also written four standalone thrillers. In 2015 he won the UK's prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award with his standalone thriller LIFE OR DEATH. He lives in Sydney.
Multi-award-winning Australian author Michael Robotham has done it again - another accomplished crime novel unlike anything he has written before... an elegantly constructed domestic noir about envy, marriage and what lies beneath - SYDNEY MORNING HERALDThe plot unfolds with clever, ruthless efficiency... This is a taut, scary and effective thriller - WEEKEND AUSTRALIANone of crime's greatest practitioners... a ripper, suspenseful read - THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLYa winner... simply impossible to put down - HERALD SUNinsightful psychological thriller - NEW YORK TIMESTHE SECRETS SHE KEEPS might be the best Michael Robotham book yet. And that's saying something. - LINWOOD BARCLAYRobotham presents a devastating dissection of the stories we tell ourselves and how dramatically these fictions can break down - iBOOKS REVIEW