<p><strong>Eddie stands at his door anxiously waiting for the woman to arrive touching the engagement ring box in his pocket for luck. He doesn&rsquo;t hear the footsteps behind him until it&rsquo;s too late&hellip;</strong></p><p><strong>Detective Finnegan Beck</strong> is called to a crime scene &ndash; a remote house near the rural Irish town of Cross Beg &ndash; where a dog lies whimpering beside his beloved owner&rsquo;s body.</p><p>At first it looks like a burglary gone wrong. But Beck spots something his colleagues didn&rsquo;t. The victim Eddie Kavanagh was wearing his smartest clothes. He&rsquo;d brushed his hair. And on closer inspection a small velvet box containing an engagement ring is discovered in his pocket along with a letter to a nameless woman which seems to suggest she&rsquo;s in danger.</p><p>Those who knew Eddie have no idea about a female friend though &ndash; there&rsquo;s been no one in his life since a girl who he&rsquo;d loved and who&rsquo;d broken his heart decades before. Now Eddie leads a quiet solitary existence rarely going further than the fields behind his house to walk his sheepdog Max.</p><p>So who was the woman Eddie was waiting for? And did his connection with her ultimately lead to his murder? When a beautiful young woman is then found beaten to death murdered exactly as Eddie had been Beck has to ask &ndash; is the danger over? Or is it just beginning?</p><p><strong>An absolutely addictive and atmospheric crime novel that will leave you gasping for breath. If you love gripping thrillers from Rachel Caine Robert Dugoni and Kendra Elliot you won&rsquo;t be able to put this one down.</strong></p><p>Readers love Michael Scanlon:</p><p>&lsquo;<strong>Bloody brilliant</strong>... Oh my goodness me... <strong>one seriously fantastically and brilliantly written book</strong> with cracking characters and cracking storylines. <strong>I was hooked&hellip; Simply unputdownable</strong>!&rsquo; <em>Ginger Book Geek</em> 5 stars</p><p>&lsquo;<strong>A page-turning don&#39;t-put-it-down yes-you-will-be-up-all-night kind of read</strong>&hellip; amazing!&rsquo; <em>SPW Writes</em> 5 stars</p><p>&lsquo;<strong>Omg!! What an amazing and thrilling story!!!</strong>&rsquo; Goodreads reviewer 5 stars</p><p>&lsquo;An amazing book&hellip; Lots of twists and turns throughout&hellip; full of surprises. <strong>I thought I knew who the killer was halfway through but I was totally wrong</strong>&hellip; I thoroughly enjoyed this book.&rsquo; Goodreads reviewer 5 stars</p><p>&lsquo;<strong>So many twists and turns</strong> throughout the whole book. You never knew what surprise was going to happen next. <strong>This book had me holding my breath up till the end</strong>.&rsquo; Goodreads reviewer 5 stars</p><p>&lsquo;<strong>Gripping... Keeps you guessing till the end</strong>... The needle of suspicion keeps moving from one suspect to another... <strong>If you loved the detective series of Harry Bosch or Cormoran Strike</strong> you will enjoy.&rsquo; Goodreads reviewer</p><p>&lsquo;<strong>Powerful&hellip; riveting... stunning</strong>.&rsquo; <em>Plucked from the Stacks</em> 5 stars</p><p>&lsquo;<strong>If you like the Harry Hole Series by Jo Nesb&oslash; you shouldn&#39;t miss this one</strong>... Gripping.&rsquo; Goodreads reviewer 5 stars</p><p>&lsquo;Cracking... made me tear through the pages... <strong>I thought I knew whodunnit it. I wasn&rsquo;t even close!</strong>... Gripping.&rsquo; <em>Between My Lines</em></p><p>&lsquo;Tense powerful and emotional... <strong>Gripped my attention from the very first page and I couldn&rsquo;t tear my eyes away.</strong>.. fantastic.&rsquo; <em>Stardust Book Reviews</em> 5 stars</p><p>&lsquo;I absolutely loved this&hellip; I loved it so much&hellip; <strong>Truly a great book</strong>.&rsquo; Goodreads reviewer 5 stars</p>
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