The classic lost thriller from the iconic number one bestseller.It always starts with a small lie. That's how you stop noticing the bigger ones. After his friend suspects something strange going on at the launch facility where they both work - and then goes missing - Martin Hepton doesn't believe the official line of 'long-term sick leave'...Refusing to stop asking questions he leaves his old life behind aware that someone is shadowing his every move.The only hope he has is his ex-girlfriend Jill Watson - the only journalist who will believe his story. But neither of them can believe the puzzle they're piecing together - or just how shocking the secret is that everybody wants to stay hidden...?Rankin is a master storyteller? GUARDIAN?Great fiction full stop? THE TIMES?Ian Rankin is a genius? LEE CHILD?One of Britain's leading novelists in any genre? NEW STATESMAN?A virtuoso of the craft? DAILY MAIL?Rankin is a phenomenon? SPECTATOR?Britain's No.1 crime writer? MIRROR?Quite simply crime writing of the highest order? EXPRESS?Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best? SCOTSMAN
