From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Richard & Judy Summer 2021 Pick When She Was Good, comes a gripping new standalone thriller
Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds and become a promising young officer with the Metropolitan Police despite being the daughter of a notorious London gangster. Called to the scene of a domestic assault, she rescues a young woman, Tempe Brown, the girlfriend of a decorated detective. The incident is hushed up, but Phil has unwittingly made a dangerous enemy with powerful friends.
Determined to protect each other, the two women strike up a tentative friendship. Tempe is thoughtful and sweet and makes herself indispensable to Phil, but sinister things keep happening and something isn’t quite right about the stories Tempe tells. When a journalist with links to Phil’s father and to the detective is found floating in the Thames, Phil doesn’t know where to turn, who to blame or who she can trust.
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PRAISE FOR MICHAEL ROBOTHAM’S THRILLERS:
‘An absolute master’ Stephen King
‘I love this guy’s books’ Lee Child
‘He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul‘ Peter James
‘Heart-stopping, heart-breaking and heart-wrenching’ Val McDermid
‘Robotham is the real deal‘ David Baldacci
‘He invests suspense with such a strong emotional pull. No one else comes close‘ Linwood Barclay
‘Will have you turning the pages compulsively’ The Times
Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds and become a promising young officer with the Metropolitan Police despite being the daughter of a notorious London gangster. Called to the scene of a domestic assault, she rescues a young woman, Tempe Brown, the girlfriend of a decorated detective. The incident is hushed up, but Phil has unwittingly made a dangerous enemy with powerful friends.
Determined to protect each other, the two women strike up a tentative friendship. Tempe is thoughtful and sweet and makes herself indispensable to Phil, but sinister things keep happening and something isn’t quite right about the stories Tempe tells. When a journalist with links to Phil’s father and to the detective is found floating in the Thames, Phil doesn’t know where to turn, who to blame or who she can trust.
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PRAISE FOR MICHAEL ROBOTHAM’S THRILLERS:
‘An absolute master’ Stephen King
‘I love this guy’s books’ Lee Child
‘He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul‘ Peter James
‘Heart-stopping, heart-breaking and heart-wrenching’ Val McDermid
‘Robotham is the real deal‘ David Baldacci
‘He invests suspense with such a strong emotional pull. No one else comes close‘ Linwood Barclay
‘Will have you turning the pages compulsively’ The Times
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Reviews
A flawless and compassionate psychological thriller
No one does suspense better
A writer of the highest class who can create terror from the commonplace and crush the breath out of you
Robotham doesn't just make me scared for his characters, he makes my heart ache for them
Robotham is quickly becoming the go-to author for the psychological thriller and this book, his 16th, is a superb example . . . He twists the knife with skill and precision
Robotham delivers again with a pacey tale that ratchets up the tension and refuses to be put down
A twisty, turny, second-guessing great read with a killer ending
A highly skilled thriller writer
Praise for Michael Robotham
He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul
Praise for When You Are Mine
Robotham is the real deal
Michael Robotham keeps upping his game. With each new book, I say it's his best. Well, THIS is his best
Michael Robotham has done it again - another accomplished crime novel unlike anything he has ever written before
A heart-clutching psychological thriller
Heart-stopping, heart-breaking and heart-wrenching
A nail-biter . . . Robotham tightens the screws on his sympathetic lead incrementally as the action builds to a satisfying climax
I love this guy's books
All thrills and chills
One of crime's greatest practitioners . . . a ripper, suspenseful read
A page-turner featuring a feisty heroine
Robotham creates flesh and blood characters, and you won't forget Philomena McCarthy . . . A nail-biter
An absolute master
