The horror has just begun… A brilliant thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.
‘No one writes more gripping stories than Rankin’ TLS
It begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve’s brother has been found dead in his car in San Diego. The car was locked from the inside, a gun was in his hand. In the US to identify the body Gordon realises that his brother has been murdered. What’s more, it’s soon obvious that his own life is in danger.
Once back in Scotland he finds out his home has been bugged by professionals. But Reeve is a professional too. Ex-SAS, he was half of a two-man unit with someone he came to fear, then to hate. It looks like his nemesis is back…
‘No one writes more gripping stories than Rankin’ TLS
It begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve’s brother has been found dead in his car in San Diego. The car was locked from the inside, a gun was in his hand. In the US to identify the body Gordon realises that his brother has been murdered. What’s more, it’s soon obvious that his own life is in danger.
Once back in Scotland he finds out his home has been bugged by professionals. But Reeve is a professional too. Ex-SAS, he was half of a two-man unit with someone he came to fear, then to hate. It looks like his nemesis is back…
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Reviews
An addictive writer ... a remarkable talent
Ian Rankin is a first-rate storyteller in the classic mould, but what really distinguishes his work is his gift for characterisation
Ian Rankin is perhaps the best and most complex thriller writer in Britain today
No one writes more gripping stories than Rankin
Shows Rankin to be as adept at writing thrillers as he is at putting together more meditative crime stories
No one in Britain writes better crime novels today