I have three days to kill a patient. If I fail, my daughter will die…

As the only doctor on a Scottish island, I finally feel safe and happy. Here, nobody knows about my past except my teenage daughter Lauren.

Caring for every person on the island from birth to death, I know all their secrets. But they don’t know mine, and for the sake of my daughter, I must keep it that way…

Everything is going perfectly until I am sent a link to a video stream of my daughter Lauren, her blue eyes terrified. And there’s a voice:

‘Three rules. Three days.

You must murder one of your patients.

You must not tell another soul.

You must not get caught.

If you fail, your daughter dies…’

A jaw-dropping psychological thriller from multi-million copy bestseller J M Dalgliesh. This utterly addictive, pulse-pounding read is packed with twists you’ll never forget. Perfect for anyone who loves Freida McFadden, Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train.

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Author Biography

J M Dalgliesh is a bestselling British crime novelist. His first book, Divided House, was published in 2018 and, to date, he has sold in excess of two million books across his Hidden Norfolk and Dark Yorkshire series with multiple bestsellers among the titles.

Rapidly establishing himself as one of the UK’s most read crime authors, the fifth book in the Hidden Norfolk series, Hear No Evil, was shortlisted for Amazon’s Kindle Storyteller Award in 2020. His books have sold copies in sixty-eight countries to date. Work is underway to bring his books to the silver screen by a National Film Awards winning production team.

Born on the south coast of England, and growing up in Hampshire, Jason has lived and worked abroad as well as in Yorkshire and the Scottish Highlands. He currently lives in Norfolk with his partner and two young children. Penned in the style of crime thrillers with a touch of Scandinavian noir, Jason’s books will appeal to readers who enjoy dark atmospheric mysteries.