The Teacher

A teacher has a life other people envy: a husband, children, a house and work she does well. She has also carried a private secret for years, certain that if it surfaced, the rest of her life would go with it.

Then police arrive at her door. A student has made an accusation against her, and she knows the claim is false. The charge is detailed and public enough that proving her innocence will not undo the damage.

She is led away from her family convinced this is no mistake. Someone has learned what she has been hiding and set a trap fitted to it exactly.

The story is told in the first person by the teacher herself, and the secret stays hidden for most of the book. Reading it means piecing together what could be worth this much effort, and who would have had to watch her for years to know it.