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'This book is in the can't-put-it-down category. You're gonna love it' Stephen King'Exceptional. I was hooked in from the first chapter' FIVE STAR reader review'WOW, WOW, WOW … I genuinely couldn’t put it down, kept me guessing until the last page' FIVE STAR reader review 'Gripping....
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'This book is in the can't-put-it-down category. You're gonna love it' Stephen King
'Exceptional. I was hooked in from the first chapter' FIVE STAR reader review 'WOW, WOW, WOW … I genuinely couldn’t put it down, kept me guessing until the last page' FIVE STAR reader review
The brand-new, gripping crime suspense thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Will Ruin You – perfect for James Patterson and Harlan Coben fans in 2026!
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'This book is in the can't-put-it-down category. You're gonna love it' Stephen King
'Exceptional. I was hooked in from the first chapter' FIVE STAR reader review
'WOW, WOW, WOW … I genuinely couldn’t put it down, kept me guessing until the last page' FIVE STAR reader review
'Gripping. Clever twists, strong pacing, and that addictive “just one more chapter” pull' FIVE STAR reader review
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Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong person?Every family has secrets, but when Reece visits his parents’ house, he’s shocked to find them in bed, dead. At first glance it looks like a murder-suicide perpetrated by his father, but on closer inspection there’s clearly more to the story. For starters, inconsistencies in the crime scene suggest his dad may not have shot himself.
As Reece, shaken by his horrifying discovery, awaits questioning from the police, his phone lights up with a call. It’s the last person he ever would have expected to hear from.
Reeling from the day’s events, Reece finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about his parents – and whether he and his own family are in danger now. While the authorities work to untangle the baffling crime scene, Reece is pulled into a web of secrets linked to the unscrupulous pharma company his father worked for years ago.
In order to protect the people he loves most, he’ll have to dig deep into his own past to understand who his parents were, what they did, and who they hurt – before he ends up paying for their sins.
In the latest chilling thriller from Number One bestseller Linwood Barclay, a man’s world is upended after he stumbles upon a grisly crime scene in the family home.
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PRAISE FOR LINWOOD BARCLAY:‘Linwood Barclay has crafted another perfect page-turner’ The Times
‘Pacy and tense, it’s a triumph from a master thriller writer. Every page makes your heart beat that little bit faster’ The Sun
‘You’ll be left speed-reading towards the end to discover answers expertly posed by the bestselling Toronto-based crime writer’ The Independent
‘Totally absorbing… brilliant stuff’ Neil Lancaster
‘A superior thriller’ Sunday Times
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008555788
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HQ
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Linwood Barclay is an international bestselling crime and thriller author with over twenty critically acclaimed novels to his name, including the phenomenal number one bestseller No Time For Goodbye. Every Linwood Barclay book is a masterclass in characterisation, plot and the killer twist, and with sales of over 7 million copies globally, his books have been sold in more than 39 countries around the world and he can count Stephen King, Shari Lapena and Peter James among his many fans. Many of his books have been optioned for film and TV, and Linwood wrote the screenplay for the film based on his bestselling novel Never Saw It Coming. He is currently working with eOne to turn the Promise Falls trilogy into a series. Born in the US, his parents moved to Canada just as he was turning four, and he's lived there ever since. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Neetha. They have two grown children.
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