The #1 Sunday Times bestseller is back with a powerful, thrilling new CRIME novel. A SHOCKING CRIME. A MAVERICK DETECTIVE.

A FINAL CHANCE TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH. Ray Lennox is determined to escape his darkest days. The former inspector has left Edinburgh for a fresh start in Brighton.

Soon, his fixations and addictions have been replaced with quiet evenings and a rigorous fitness regime. Then Lennox meets Mathew Cardingworth, a rich and smooth-talking property developer. Their encounter reawakens memories that have haunted Lennox for decades.

Lennox has no choice – he must confront the events of his childhood. But as he is pulled into a world of violence and murder, he finds himself asking: what will he sacrifice to achieve resolution at last?