The Son-in-Law

On a sharp winter's morning, a man turns his back on prison. Joseph Scott has served his term. He's lost almost everything: his career as a teacher, his wife, the future he'd envisaged. All he has left are his three children but he is not allowed anywhere near them.



This is the story of Joseph, who killed his wife, Zoe. Of their three children who witnessed the event. Of Zoe's parents, Hannah and Frederick, who are bringing up the children and can't forgive or understand Joseph.



They slowly adjust to life without Zoe, until the day Joseph is released from prison...



Charity Norman was born in Uganda and brought up in successive draughty vicarages in Yorkshire and Birmingham. After several years' travel she became a barrister, specialising in crime and family law. In 2002, realising that her three children had barely met her, she took a break from the law and moved with her family to New Zealand. Her debut novel Freeing Grace was published in 2011 and After the Fall was published in 2013 and was selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club.



Find Charity on Facebook at facebook.com/charitynormanauthor and on Twitter as @charitynorman1



Engrossing.



The author's third novel, this is another wonderful and very thought-provoking story that I consumed in a single day.



A gripping tale that would appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult and Joanna Trollope... A page turning book to while away a winter's evening.



Original, wonderfully written and utterly gripping, this is a corker of a tale.



Jodi Picoult had better look over her shoulder - she's got a new contender by the name of Charity Norman.



Will appeal to devotees of Joanna Trollope and Jodi Picoult... [Norman] is hot on their heels.



Easy to read, hard to put down, it'll move you to tears.