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Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a powerfully compelling thriller about a mother who begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime

Lilach has it all: an enviable home in Silicon Valley, a happy marriage and a close relationship with her sweet, shy teenager, Adam. But her peace is shattered when an attack on a local synagogue compels Adam to join a self-defence class run by a mysterious former army officer.

Lilach watches her son change overnight, and when Adam falls under suspicion for a classmate’s death, she must face the terrible question no parent wants to ask: do you ever really know what your child is capable of?

READERS CAN’T PUT DOWN THE WOLF HUNT:

‘Powerful and disturbing’ DAILY MAIL

‘It’s not every day a writer like this comes our way’ GUARDIAN

‘A rich and beautiful exploration of a mother’s love . . . perfectly disguised as a gripping thriller’ SARAH J. NAUGHTON

‘A novel of ideas, a thriller and a character study’ JOHN SELF, OBSERBVER

‘A meditation on paranoia and belonging’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Ensnares her characters in heart-stopping moral dilemmas’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

Publisher Review

‘A meditation on paranoia and belonging. Gundar-Goshen, a clinical psychologist and author of the acclaimed Waking Lions and Liar, shows how a tragedy exposes problems in seemingly happy lives. She is adept at drawing out the fragility of identity’ – Financial Times

‘The Wolf Hunt succeeds thanks to the sheer strength and complexity of Lilach’s fraught, acutely self-critical character, racked by the competing demands of motherhood and morality… lithe, observant prose’ – Literary Review

‘Psychology graduate Gundar-Goshen ensnares her characters in some heart-stopping moral dilemmas in this sharp, compassionate tale of race, identity and a mother’s dark fears’ – Mail on Sunday

‘It’s not every day a writer like this comes our way’ – Guardian

‘There is a heartbreaking timeliness about this powerful and disturbing thriller’ – Christena Appleyard