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THE CLASSIC LOST THRILLER FROM THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
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It always starts with a small lie. That’s how you stop noticing the bigger ones.
After his friend suspects something strange going on at the launch facility where they both work – and then goes missing – Martin Hepton doesn’t believe the official line of “long-term sick leave”…
Refusing to stop asking questions, he leaves his old life behind, aware that someone is shadowing his every move.
The only hope he has is his ex-girlfriend Jill Watson – the only journalist who will believe his story.
But neither of them can believe the puzzle they’re piecing together – or just how shocking the secret is that everybody wants to stay hidden…
A gripping, page-turning suspense masterclass – available in print for the first time in nearly thirty years.
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‘Rankin is a master storyteller’
Guardian
‘Great fiction, full stop’
The Times
‘Ian Rankin is a genius’
Lee Child
‘One of Britain’s leading novelists in any genre’
New Statesman
‘A virtuoso of the craft’
Daily Mail
‘Rankin is a phenomenon’
Spectator
‘Britain’s No.1 crime writer’
Mirror
‘Quite simply, crime writing of the highest order’
Express
‘Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best’
Scotsman
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The King of crime fiction
Rankin is a master storyteller
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