She knows who killed him. The law says she can't tell.

A therapist holds hundreds of secrets. It's the job. People sit in her chair, confess the worst thing they've ever done, and trust her to hold it.

Then a patient confesses to a fatal hit-and-run — and walks out like nothing happened.

Three days later, the victim's mother is referred to her as a new patient. Same office. Same chair. She's searching for answers about her son's death. Answers the therapist already has.

Every Tuesday: the mother, searching for the truth.
Every Thursday: the killer, making sure it stays buried.

The law says the confession is protected. The privilege is absolute. But when the killer starts watching the mother — and makes it clear he knows exactly who she is — the rules designed to protect become the walls that imprison.

Now the therapist faces an impossible choice: break the law and destroy her career, or keep the secret and risk a mother's life.

The Privilege is a devastating psychological thriller about the space between duty and conscience — and what it costs to do the right thing when every option is a form of harm.

Book One in the Hollowell Moral Thriller Series.

For fans of Jodi Picoult and Lisa Scottoline.