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It always starts with a small lie. That''s how you stop noticing the bigger ones.
After his friend suspects something strange going on at the launch facility where they both work - and then goes missing - Martin Hepton doesn''t believe the official line of "long-term sick leave"...
Refusing to stop asking questions, he leaves his old life behind, aware that someone is shadowing his every move.
The only hope he has is his ex-girlfriend Jill Watson - the only journalist who will believe his story.
But neither of them can believe the puzzle they''re piecing together - or just how shocking the secret is that everybody wants to stay hidden...
A gripping, page-turning suspense masterclass - available in print for the first time in nearly thirty years.
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''Rankin is a master storyteller''
Guardian
''Great fiction, full stop''
The Times
''Ian Rankin is a genius''
Lee Child
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''A virtuoso of the craft''
Daily Mail
''Rankin is a phenomenon''
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''Quite simply, crime writing of the highest order''
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''Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best''
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