Simon and Melissa have a son, Callum, now a teenager, a young man who is trying to distance himself from what his family has become. Her ex husband, Simon, is very supportive of Melissa and has always proclaimed her innocence, continuing his search for new evidence. Melissa Slade is behind bars for the murder of her two babies, Ellie and Amber. But his boss is firm, leaving Jonathan with no option but to begin his search for the truth.
He cannot comprehend how any parent could take the life of their child and he is uncomfortable delving deeper into Melissa Slade’s history. Jonathan is appalled with this case and with the possibility that Melissa Slade is guilty of murdering her own two children.
Now Melissa’s case is up for appeal with new evidence having been discovered and Jonathan’s newspaper want to be first with the big scoop, the truth about what really happened all those years ago. The Slade Babies case is one that Jonathan covered when Melissa Slade was in court in 2013 for the murder of her twin babies. His job at the newspaper is a lifeline for him, a place where he can focus on stuff outside of his own personal realm, but when his boss wants him back on an old case, Jonathan rebels. Struggling to cope with rearing his two young boys, Jonathan’s life is in a state of flux. Jonathan Hunt is a newspaper reporter who has recently suffered a great tragedy in his own life. Described as a ‘chilling psychological thriller’ , The Guilty Mother is a very emotive book as it looks at motherhood and it’s impact on the person, the marriage and the family. The Guilty Mother is the latest book by Diane Jeffrey and has just been published in digital format with HQ Digital, with the paperback due in October 2019. Is Melissa manipulating Jon or telling him the truth? Is she a murderer, or the victim of a miscarriage of justice?Īnd if Melissa Slade is innocent, what really happened to Ellie and Amber Slade? And, as Jon gets drawn deeper into a case he’d wanted to forget, he starts to question Melissa’s guilt. With Melissa’s appeal date looming, time is running out. Now that new evidence has come to light, Jon’s boss wants him back on the story to uncover the truth. Jonathan Hunt covered the original Slade Babies’ case for the local newspaper. But, in the blink of an eye, her perfect life became a nightmare – when she found herself on trial for the murder of her little girls. Melissa Slade had it all: beauty, money, a successful husband and beautiful twin babies.
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