Passion, deception, an unexplained death and a detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne.

EASILY THE GREATEST OF OUR CRIME WRITERS
Sunday Times

My favourite literary hero at the moment is Anthony Horowitz Shari Lapena

Sheer genius ... A joy from start to finish
INDEPENDENT

Secrets can kill.

Smooth-tongued divorce lawyer Richard Price is bludgeoned to death at his London home.

Scrawled on the wall beside the body: the number 182.

What does it mean? And who was at his front door just minutes before he died and while he was still talking on the phone?

Confronted with this most baffling of mysteries, the police are forced to turn to private investigator Daniel Hawthorne.

Reviews

Pure pleasure for readers ... A must-read delight
WALL STREET JOURNAL

Anthony Horowitz gets away with murder in all sorts of ways and emerges triumphant
The Times

This is crime fiction as dazzling entertainment, sustained by writing as skilfully light-footed as Fred Astaire
Sunday Times Crime Club

A crime story that keeps you up into the small hours... a page-turning mystery
Metro

Sheer genius ... A joy from start to finish
Independent

Fans of traditional puzzle mysteries will be enthralled
Publishers Weekly

Huge fun... It’s hard to know why anyone who loves a good mystery wouldn’t thoroughly enjoy the ride
Irish Independent

Succeeds on all levels ... Horowitz has the Midas touch
Booklist

No one currently working the field has anywhere near this much ingenuity to burn
KIRKUS