First Fracture

The First Fracture  Before the truth shatters her world, the first crack has already begun to spread.Harriet is doing everything she can to hold her life together, juggling a demanding job, a partner who is growing increasingly distant, and the lingering grief of losing her sister, Julia. But when her mother begins acting strangely, forgetting details she has never forgotten before, Harriet feels unease settling in her bones.A broken wrist. A confused phone call. A lie that does not sound like a lie.As Harriet tries to make sense of her mother's behaviour, her relationship with Philip begins to crumble under the weight of silence and secrets. The guilt she has carried since Julia's death presses harder, whispering that something is terribly wrong.Because the truth has been waiting for years, and now it is finally coming for her.The First Fracture is the gripping psychological prequel to Julia's Deadly Secret, revealing the quiet unravelling that sets the stage for the explosive truth to come.