'A real tour de force' Kate Rhodes, author of the Locked-Island mysteries'Emotional and thought-provoking' Jenny Quintana, author of The Hiding Place'Gut-wrenching' Woman's Own***************************************An estranged daughter. Renee Gulliver appears to have it all: a beautiful house overlooking a scenic estuary on England's East Coast, a successful career as a relationship therapist, three grown-up children, and a beloved grandson, Xavier. A missing grandson.

But then Xavier vanishes after Renee fails to pick him up from school, and the repercussions are manifold. A mother faced with an impossible choice. Renee is wracked with remorse; the local community question her priorities, clients abandon her; and, as long-held grievances surface, her daughter Mia offers her a heartbreaking ultimatum.

Amid recriminations, misunderstandings and lies, can Renee find a way to reunite her family?For fans of Jodi Picoult and If Only I Could Tell You by Hannah Beckerman, Penny Hancock's The Choice is an engrossing, thought-provoking novel about family secrets and the way that even the smallest decisions can sometimes have far-reaching consequences.