The Scapegoat
Daphne Du Maurier Audio Book

All he ever did in life was watch people, never partake in their happiness or pain. No family, no ties, no entanglements, no friends, nothing infinitely precious.

But where John's life was drearily detached, Jean's was over-encumbered by the ties John lacked - a warring family, an ailing business, a sordid past.

When they came face to face, Jean could not resist the opportunity to escape the trials of his messy existence. John, driven into the deception, faces the horror of his altar-ego's careless cruelty as he is drawn helplessly into a web of lies - and of love.