A ghostwriter is locked in an interview room with a man who might be a murderer, in this gripping new mystery thriller from the #1 bestselling author of 56 Days and The Trap.

The night Jack Smyth ran into flames in a desperate attempt to save his wife from their burning home, he was, tragically, too late - but hailed a hero. Until it emerged that Kate was dead long before the fire began.

Suspicion has stalked him ever since. After all, there's no smoke without fire.

A year on, he's signed a book deal. He wants to tell his side of the story, to prove his own innocence in print. He just needs someone to help him write it.

Emily has never ghostwritten anything before, but she knows what it's like to live with a guilty secret. And she's about to learn that there are some stories that should never be told . . .

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Rated five stars by readers!

'I love novels about authors writing and there's just the right level of detail . . . A very compelling, original and entertaining thriller'

'Captivating, original and perfectly plotted. Another brilliant book from this first class author'

'This story is compelling and haunting in places and kept me gripped to the page'

Praise for Catherine Ryan Howard
'Dark, creepy and very clever . . . Catherine Ryan Howard is the Queen of the Unguessable Twist!' - C L TAYLOR, author of The Guilty Couple

Whip smart, utterly absorbing, and unputdownable. - ANDREA MARA, author of Someone in the Attic

'Topical, twisty, and with a real heart stopper of a moment halfway in that'll make you turn the lights back on' - GILLIAN MCALLISTER, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time

About the Author
Catherine Ryan Howard is the author of eight novels including the no. 1 bestsellers The Nothing Man, 56 Days and The Trap. Her work has been shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Novel, the Crime Writers Association New Blood and Steel Daggers, and Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year multiple times. The screen adaptation of her lockdown thriller, 56 Days, is currently in production and will debut on Amazon Prime Video next year. She lives in Dublin.

Reviews
Praise for Catherine Ryan Howard: * - *
Topical, twisty, and with a real heart stopper of a moment halfway in that'll make you turn the lights back on. * Gillian McAllister *
Catherine Ryan Howard makes you feel for her characters so much, whether you love them or absolutely loathe them. It's impossible to stop reading. * Abigail Dean, author of GIRL A *
Catherine Ryan Howard is the Queen of the Unguessable Twist, * C. L. Taylor *
Whip smart, utterly absorbing, and unputdownable. * Andrea Mara, author of SOMEONE IN THE ATTIC *



Book Information
ISBN 9781787636620
Author Catherine Ryan Howard
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Bantam (Transworld)
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Weight(grams) 750g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 156mm * 40mm