Two best friends. One fatal mistake. Can you ever escape the past?

‘Page-turning suspense with classic head-game thrills and chills’, international bestselling author Lisa Gardner

Childhood friends, Sarah and Jennifer, have always been careful.

After Jennifer’s mother was killed in a car accident, the two young women grow up determined to protect themselves from trauma. Together, they draw up a list of actions to avoid in order to keep them out of danger:

Never go out alone after dark.

Never get in the car.

Never take risks.

Never trust anyone.

But one fateful night, Sarah and Jennifer make a mistake; after a party, they accept a cab ride home, with horrifying consequences.

Ten years on, Sarah is still struggling to resume her normal life but the scars remain.

Now Sarah must confront her demons to unravel a case even more terrifying than her own.

‘Absorbing, innovative and thought provoking. Great read too!’ MARTINA COLE

‘A stylish and impressive debut thriller’ S.J. BOLTON

‘A read-in-one-go sort of book, and if you’re after a genuinely disturbing thriller… it’ll be hard to beat’ OBSERVER

Her First Mistake was previously published as The Never List