A brilliantly claustrophobic and twisty thriller from the critically acclaimed author of the No. 1 bestseller The Nothing Man.

Winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 Crime Fiction Book of the Year

A Book of the Year for 2021 in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Irish Times
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** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **

'As good as suspense fiction gets' Washington Post

No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead.

56 DAYS AGO
Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores.

35 DAYS AGO
When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who - and what - he really is.

TODAY
Detectives arrive at Oliver's apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.

Can they determine what really happened, or has lockdown created an opportunity for someone to commit the perfect crime?

'Terrific . you won't want to stop reading until the end' Karin Slaughter