Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, one of The Times Best Crime Novels of 2021, The Sunday Times Crime Club Book of the Week, one of The Times best books to read this summer and one of the Observers thrillers of the month.
''Riveting . . . Shindler''s second novel displays an acute understanding of family dynamics, easily fulfilling the promise of his debut, The Burning Men'' SUNDAY TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
THE SECOND NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN, FEATURING DI ALEX FINN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSEN
A FRIDAY NIGHT
Karl and his daughter Leah are on their weekly evening stroll through Crystal Palace Park.
A HOODED FIGURE
From out of the shadows, a figure wearing a blank mask ambushes them, armed with a large knife.
A CHOICE TO MAKE
Karl is forced to make an impossible decision: stay and die, or walk away from Leah with a kni
