Jack Reacher meets Thomas Crown in this electrifying thriller Simon Kernick A nonstop, breathless, trimmed-to-the-bone thriller with action sequences that are absolutely state-of-the-art. It's the best chase novel I've read in years Joseph Finder An impressively intricate thriller ... The scenes are vivid and the plot revelations parcelled out at expert intervals ... Exciting New Yorker A superlative debut ... Thriller fans will be eager to see more from this bright new talent Publishers Weekly, starred review

Tom Wood is a full-time writer born in Burton-on-Trent who now lives in London. After a stint as freelance editor and film-maker, he completed his first novel, The Hunter, which was an instant bestseller and introduced readers to a genuine antihero, Victor, an assassin with a purely logical view on life and whose morals are deeply questionable. Like Victor, Tom is passionate about physical sport, being both a huge boxing fan and practising Krav Maga martial arts, which has seen him sustain a number of injuries. He has not, however, ever killed anyone.