'Elegant, absorbing, full of Hitchcockian menace’ Lucy Foley

‘I was mesmerized’ Lisa Jewell

'Brilliantly plotted' Liz Nugent

‘Fans of detective fiction will be thrilled!’ Shari Lapena

Young writer Nicky Hunter is summoned to the lavish mansion of infamous crime novelist Sebastian Trapp to tell his life story — before his imminent death.

Who really is Sebastian Trapp? Misunderstood genius or cold-hearted killer? What really happened to his first wife and young son, who disappeared twenty years ago?

'Had me gripped all the way through to the jaw dropping finale!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Lots of plot twists to keep you on the edge of your seat’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A great rollercoaster ride of a book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I changed my mind about the way I thought the plot would progress so many times, and was still surprised!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This is a writer who loves words, loves mysteries, and loves weaving the two together’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘One of those books that once finished I want to read from start to finish all over again’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘The whole novel is packed full of atmosphere’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘An extremely twisted murder mystery’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐