A review by scottishvix
Split Second by Cath Staincliffe

5.0

An incident on a bus - three youths picking on a boy they know. A bystander who intervenes and follows them off the bus. A vicious beating and a stabbing later and the boy is in a coma while the bystander is dead. The story is told through the eyes of three people who's lives are changed by this crime. Andrew is the dead man's father and struggles with his own grief while his marriage falls apart. Louise is the single mother who has to juggle the needs of her talented daughter with her beloved but wild son who lies indefinitely in a coma. Emma is the shy, lonely young woman who saw the incident on the bus and is haunted by her lack of action.

Unputdownable. I don't often read modern crime fiction, but this book absolutely gripped me. It's a book that asks "what would you do?" And what might be the consequences?