The waitress. The chef. The chef's wife. Three different stories but which one contains the
truth?When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual
assault she's thrust back to the summer she spent as a waitress at his high-end Dublin
restaurant. Drawn in by the plush splendour of the dining rooms the elegance of the food the
wild parties after service Hannah also remembers the sizzling tension of the kitchens. And how
the attention from Daniel morphed from kindness into something darker...His restaurant
shuttered his lawyers breathing down his neck Daniel is in a state of disbelief. Decades of
hard graft of fighting to earn recognition for his talent - is it all to fall apart because of
something he can barely remember?Hiding behind the bedroom curtains from the paparazzi's lenses
Julie is raking through more than two decades spent acting the supportive wife the good mother
and asking herself what it's all been for.Their three different voices reveal a story of power
and abuse victimhood and complicity. This is a novel about the facades that we maintain the
lies that we tell and the courage it takes to face the truth.
