‘Gareth Crocker is that rare writer who disregards many of the conventions of writing. He has such a convincing style that he gets away with it and leaves his fans clamouring for more’ – BUSINESS DAY

★The follow up to the No.1 Amazon title in Crime and Thriller, NOW YOU SUFFER.
★Propulsive, surprising, and very funny, this commercial detective thriller ticks all the boxes.

Detective and former South African Special Forces Brigade Operative Ruben Ellis wants to die. The only reason he hasn’t killed himself yet is that first he has to hunt down the man who kidnapped and murdered his daughter, Kayla. Ruben’s self-deprecating partner, Zander, and his peculiar though brilliant therapist, Melissa, are very much aware of his death wish and are subtly doing all they can to keep him alive. While hunting for Kayla’s killer, Ruben is persuaded to help a distraught mother get to the bottom of what happened to her own child who was abducted years earlier. Added to this is the mysterious case of a third young woman being held captive in a twisted fairytale-style utopia deep underground.
What Ruben doesn’t know is that not only are all these victims tied together, but he is the one holding the rope. A rope, at the very end of which hangs an impossible truth. Twisty and pacy, this shouldn’t be a funny read, and yet the banter between Ellis and his partner and therapist pierce what would otherwise be a wholly dark and chilling narrative. With this magic combination, Crocker weaves together a multi-decadelong twist that ties this propulsive novel into an explosive and satisfying ending. This standalone commercial detective thriller is the first in a series. Book II in the Detective Ruben Ellis Series, NOW YOU BLEED, is coming soon.

Gareth Crocker is the author of seven novels, including bestseller FINDING JACK (St Martin’s Press), KING (Penguin Books) and THE
LAST ROAD TRIP (Penguin Books). His works have appeared in over 20 volumes of Reader’s Digest Select Editions with authors including James Patterson, Lee Child, Nora Roberts, and Jeffrey Archer. Crocker co-owns the film studio Motion Story and is the writer, creator, and director of the Netflix Original series SHADOW; the Netflix film OFFICE INVASION; and the TV series DEAD PLACES (Canal+, Netflix and AMC), and IN YOUR DREAMS (Amazon global and Canal+).