From an author who Stephen King calls ΓÇ£an absolute masterΓÇ¥ comes a ΓÇ£heart-clutching psychological thrillerΓÇ¥ (People) about a young female police officer facing danger on all frontsΓÇöfrom a clever victim of abuse,skeptical colleagues on the forceand even her own father. Philomena McCarthy is an ambitious police officer with the elite Metropolitan Police in Londonresponding to a domestic violence call. Tempe Brown is a bloodied young woman and the mistress of a decorated and intimidating London detectiveDarren Goodall. Philomena and Tempe strike up a tentative friendshipdetermined to protect each other from Goodallbut something isnΓÇÖt quite right about the stories Tempe tells and the secrets she keeps. Yet the young officer is drawn into TempeΓÇÖs worldunsure of what is real or invented. After a bungled break-in and an unsolved murderPhilomena finds herself trappedΓÇöwith her careerher impending weddingand her very survival in doubt. RobothamΓÇÖs brilliant ability to render complex charactersboth good and badkeeps readers unsure of whom to trustΓÇ£maintain[ing] an air of excruciating suspenseΓÇ¥ (The Washington Post)ΓÇöuntil the very last page.