With a story ripped from the headlines, Thea is a mother you want to hate, but in a way you can also feel sympathy for her as well. It is definitely emotional what she is going through and as much as I want to say what happened should never have occurred, people make mistakes. Only the mistakes made one terrible day, Thea can’t even remember. The inner struggle Thea goes through is really emotional to see and read. Thea can’t believe she did what she is accused of. But, her friends and family all agree she is to blame. Why would they lie to her or what would they have to gain from lying. She is guilty, isn’t she? As a general rule, subject to the sufficiency of evidence and the public interest tests, accomplices should be prosecuted. Sometimes I find that when drama is played out in books, I don’t always find it very believable, but here everything did feel very real and I could totally understand how the characters were behaving the way they were. I thought this particularly towards the end when secrets that had been kept were slowly revealed to other characters who had previously been in the dark.

An accomplice must be capable in law of committing the offence, e.g. a child under 10 years old can never be classed as an accomplice. The Law on Accomplices But then Thea’s world fell apart…when she left her infant son, Zander in a sweltering hot car, after a boozy meal out with her best friend. How could Thea do such a horrific thing? Before an accomplice can give evidence for the prosecution, he or she must have never been charged in the proceedings or, if charged, must have; Annabelle is married to Greg with three children-Millie, who is best friends with Nell, Oliver eleven years old and Sienna the youngest child, a three- year old toddler. Annabelle runs her own business, an events management company.

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Theodora “Thea” Ashfield is accused of one of the worst crimes anyone could ever imagine. Even Thea thinks she is a monster. Estranged from her husband, Thea’s life is spiraling downhill all from one tragic event. But, nothing is as it seems and there secrets aplenty. Is Thea really the monster everyone thinks she is or is someone else to blame?

The story is told by different voices other than Thea. We also hear from the woman who was her assistant ... her best friend ... a friend and her husband who live close by. They all seem to have issues of one kind or another and they all certainly have secrets .... and several of them have secrets that will destroy more lives.As children, many people are treated unfairly and cruelly. Many are routinely blamed for things that they are not responsible for or expected to meet certain unrealistic and unreasonable standards. As a result, they learn numerous toxic lessons:

Where the evidence of an accomplice is to be used, there is no requirement in law for the judge to give the jury a warning about it. However, the judge has discretion to give a direction where he or she thinks it is advisable to do so. Charging an Accomplice to a crime Maybe you find it difficult to be honest, and someone finally caught you in a lie. Perhaps you want to spend more time with your family, but something always gets in the way. to corroborate other evidence which in law requires corroboration or where a corroboration warning would be given; It may seem weird if you look at such a person without any psychological understanding of their situation. But if you understand how these tendencies develop, its clear that its very easy for them to blame themselves for something that they are clearly not responsible for. For too long we have been protecting the ones who have hurt us by minimizing our trauma and deprivation. Its time to stop protecting them and start to protect ourselves. We have been told and feel that we are responsible for their emotional well-being. We are not. We are responsible only for ourselves.

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The first step, as always, is recognizing it. Then you can work on developing a more self-loving and self-caring relationship with yourself. You can learn to have healthier boundaries. You can learn not to accept unjust responsibility for others.

Thea is a character who I did feel desperately sorry for, not straight away though when I began to understand why she was in the position she was now, but I really did start to connect to her as Thea tried to sift through the puzzle of information that she had to get to an answer. It made for very tense reading as she reached the dramatic conclusion.They said it was my fault. They said I’m the worst mother in the word. And even though I can’t remember what happened that day, they wouldn’t lie to me. One moment I had it all – a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home, a fulfilling career and two adorable children. The next, everything came crashing down around me. A sincere apology can help you begin repairing damage after a wrongdoing. By apologizing, you convey remorse and regret to the person who was hurt, and let them know how you plan to avoid making the same mistake in the future. I am not going to say anymore as I don’t want to give the plot away, but this is a very riveting and powerful story. I loved it. All I can say is read this book… I don’t think you will be disappointed.