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. __________ 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