The Hoax – Paul Clayton

Meet Frankie Baxter. She’s trying to make ends meet and keep the boat afloat for her three kids. She’s harassed, sometimes impatient, but she’s a fabulous mum. So imagine her distress when Henry, her youngest child, goes missing… Henry returns safely accompanied by a stranger, Cora, a fairy godmother who starts to change the Baxter family’s lives in the best of ways. So why do things suddenly start going wrong? Is Cora fulfilling their dreams – or is she the start of a nightmare? Funny, terrifying and a real page-turner, The Hoax puts a whole new slant on psychological thrillers…

About the Author

Paul Clayton is best known to television audiences for five series of the award-winning sitcom Peep Show. Other appearances include Him and Her, Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, Doctor Who, The Crown, Shakespeare and Hathaway and This Time with Alan Partridge. This is his second novel. He is a regular columnist in The Stage and patron of the children’s literacy charity Grimm and Co.

He hopes the finished product may aid others too.

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