''Outstanding ... if you read only one American novel this year make sure that it is this one'' SUNDAY EXPRESS

Helping a friend may turn out to be deadly serious... A terrific Myron Bolitar novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE STRANGER

Myron screwed up. His job was to protect someone. He fell in love with that someone and then she died. End of story.

So he''s dropped out, left, run away to the Caribbean to escape his guilt. But now everything that he left behind has come back to haunt him. A friend is in trouble, murder trouble. The victim? One of his own clients.

In order to help his friend, Myron must battle for her freedom - against her own wishes...