The Helpdesk
On sale
19th January 2023
Price: £13.99
SHE TOOK CONTROL OF HIS COMPUTER. NOW HE’S LOST CONTROL OF HIS LIFE . . .
Someone is always watching
James Fitzpatrick is a high-profile lawyer at a successful City firm. He’s married to Bella. She’s beautiful and clever, a teacher at a prestigious private school.
They have the perfect lives.
But then, one night, James loses a file for a multi-million pound deal he’s working on and in desperation contacts the company’s IT helpdesk. A woman named Charlotte answers his call, setting in motion a series of events set to shatter James’ and Bella’s lives.
In the weeks after, James is accused of more mistakes at work, ones he doesn’t remember making and can’t explain. Meanwhile Bella finds herself the target of vicious rumours at school – and no one seems willing to believe her side of the story.
Everything started with that one phone call.
Who is the woman at the other side of the computer screen? And why do Bella and James suddenly find their privileged existence in peril?
PRAISE FOR SHANE DUNPHY
‘A dark, chilling and fantastic read’ Patricia Gibney
‘An edge-of-your-seat thriller’ Andrea Carter
Someone is always watching
James Fitzpatrick is a high-profile lawyer at a successful City firm. He’s married to Bella. She’s beautiful and clever, a teacher at a prestigious private school.
They have the perfect lives.
But then, one night, James loses a file for a multi-million pound deal he’s working on and in desperation contacts the company’s IT helpdesk. A woman named Charlotte answers his call, setting in motion a series of events set to shatter James’ and Bella’s lives.
In the weeks after, James is accused of more mistakes at work, ones he doesn’t remember making and can’t explain. Meanwhile Bella finds herself the target of vicious rumours at school – and no one seems willing to believe her side of the story.
Everything started with that one phone call.
Who is the woman at the other side of the computer screen? And why do Bella and James suddenly find their privileged existence in peril?
PRAISE FOR SHANE DUNPHY
‘A dark, chilling and fantastic read’ Patricia Gibney
‘An edge-of-your-seat thriller’ Andrea Carter
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Pacy and full of twists and turns, some you'll see coming, others you won't
A provocative, fast-moving mystery
[It's] the characters he creates - weird, wonderful, and mysterious - that raise this book above your everyday thriller. It is really a book about flawed characters and fractious relationships and the length that people will go to in order to get their way