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The award-winning CIA thriller by “a uniquely
gifted, passionate, and powerful writer”
(Alan Furst)
R. J. Ellory’s latest paperback is his most timely, menacing
serial killer novel yet. As in his globally acclaimed A
Quiet Belief in Angels, it is a stunning work of suspense
guaranteed to keep the reader awake at night. Set in
Washington, embroiled in elections, it follows Detective
Robert Miller as he is assigned to an unsettling murder
case. He finds a serious complication: the victims do not
officially exist. Their personal details do not register on
any known systems. And as Miller unearths ever more
disturbing facts, he starts to face truths about the corrupt
world he lives in—truths so far removed from his own
reality that he begins to fear for his life.
As CrimeSquad described it, “this is a book with everything
that a fan of modern mystery fiction could hope for: a
labyrinthine plot, unbearable tension, controvery, and a
social conscience.”
Praise for the work of R.J. Ellory
“A beautifully written novel that is also a
great mystery.” —James Patterson
“The master of the genre.” —Clive Cussler
“A police procedural thus shifts into a
conspiracy thriller and historical exposé …
Powerful scenes and vivid images.”
—Wall Street Journal
“A masterful exercise in suspense . . . This
one will keep you uplate reading, and then
you won’t be able to sleep.”
—John Lutz, New York Times bestselling
author of Mister X
“A rich, powerful, evocative novel of great
psychological depth.”
—Jonathan Kellerman
It is then that Catherine hears something. She thinks to turn, but doesn’t dare. A sudden rush
of something in the base of her gut. Wants to turn now. Wants so desperately to turn around
and look him square in the face, but knows that if she does this she will break down, she
will scream and cry and plead for this to happen some other way, and it’s too late now, too
late to go back . . . too late after everything that’s happened, everything that they’ve done,
everything they’ve learned and what it all meant . . .
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