Peter Swanson returns with 2015's most compulsive thriller.

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB CHOICE
BEST THRILLER, iBOOKS BEST OF 2015
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING SILVER DAGGER, 2015

SUNDAY TIMES, TATLER, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND GOLDSBORO BOOK OF THE MONTH

You should never talk to strangers

With his flight delayed, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner, a magnetic stranger, in an airport bar. In the netherworld of international travel and too many martinis, he confesses his darkest secrets, about his wife's infidelity and how he wishes her dead. Without missing a beat Lily offers to help him carry out the task.

'Gripping, elegantly and stylishly written and extremely hard to put down.' Sophie Hannah

'A work of lovely violence and graceful malevolence, it slips into your life like a stiletto in the ribs.' Joe Hill

'Gone Girl on speed.' Daisy Goodwin

'Chilling and hypnotically suspenseful ... an instant classic.' Lee Child