The Trial - 2025

Jo Spain never disappoints' Chris Whitaker

'A truly heart-pounding read!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review

2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies - never to be seen again. With too many unanswered questions, Dani simply can't accept Theo's disappearance and reports him missing, even though no one else seems concerned, including Theo's father.

Ten years later, Dani returns to the college as a history professor. With her mother suffering from severe dementia, and her past at St Edmunds still haunting her, she's trying for a new start. But not all is as it seems behind the cloistered college walls - meanwhile, Dani is hiding secrets of her own.

EVERYONE LOVES JO SPAIN'S UNFORGETTABLE THRILLERS

'A very addictive read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review

'Compelling, enthralling and entertaining' Liz Nugent

'Wow! What did I just read? This is stupendous' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review

'Jo Spain at her brilliant best: non-stop tension, clever twists and turns, and nothing is ever as it seems' Andrea Mara

'I love Jo Spain's novels!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review

'So vivid, atmospheric and chilling' Claire Douglas

'Jo Spain keeps you entertained with plenty of twists and turns' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review

'The queen of the corkscrew plot' Sunday Times Crime Club

Pages: 368

Publication year: 2025