Deliberate Harm

Catherine Yaffe
Works of: Fiction
Publisher(s): Self-Published

No one stumbled into this.

No one acted on impulse.

This was planned—and it was criminal.

When three-year-old Robbie disappears on a blisteringly hot afternoon, panic grips everyone who loves him. A crowded beach. A moment’s distraction. A child gone.

But Detective Inspector Ziggy Thornes quickly realises this is no tragic accident and no random abduction.

What happened to Robbie was deliberate. A line was crossed by adults who believed they were justified—who convinced themselves that breaking the law was the lesser evil.

As Ziggy unpicks the case, the evidence points not to a faceless predator, but to calculated choices, carefully hidden motives, and a truth no one wants exposed. Because admitting what really happened would mean admitting intent.

This wasn’t a mistake.

It was a crime.

DELIBERATE HARM is a dark, unflinching psychological crime novel about culpability, control, and the lies people tell themselves to justify the unforgivable. It asks how far someone can go in the name of love—and when protection becomes abuse.

Relentless, morally dangerous, and impossible to forget, this is a thriller for readers who don’t want easy villains or comforting answers.

Some crimes are acts of violence.

This one was an act of conviction.