**A former SAS soldier is entangled in a gripping tale of murder, betrayal and revenge in this action-packed stand-alone from the world’s bestselling thriller writer.** *****_*** ** *_*** ** *_*** ** *_*** ** *_*** _____** **MURDER** Former SAS soldier David Shelley has plans for a safer, more stable existence when he settles down to civilian life in London. But the shocking death of a young woman he used to protect puts those plans on hold. **BETRAYAL** The police rule the death a suicide, but the grieving parents can’t accept their beloved Emma would take her own life. They need to find out what really happened, and they turn to their former bodyguard, Shelley, for help. **REVENGE** When they discover that Emma had fallen into a dark and dangerous world of drugs and online pornography, the father’s need for retribution will take them into a war from which there may be no escape. *****_*** ** *_*** ** *_*** ** *_*** ** *_*** _____** ‘No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent – which is what Jim has, in spades.’ **LEE CHILD** ‘The master storyteller of our times’ **HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON** ‘It’s no mystery why James Patterson is the world’s most popular thriller writer . . . Simply nobody does it better.’ **JEFFERY DEAVER** ‘Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It’s what fires off the movie projector in the reader’s mind.’ **MICHAEL CONNELLY** ‘One of the greatest storytellers of all time’ **PATRICIA CORNWELL** ‘A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.’ **MARK LAWSON,** **GUARDIAN** ‘James Patterson is The Boss. End of.’ **IAN RANKIN**