The classic lost thriller from the iconic number one bestseller. It always starts with a small lie. That's how you stop noticing the bigger ones. After his friend suspects something strange going on at the launch facility where they both work - and then goes missing - Martin Hepton doesn't believe the official line of "long-term sick leave"... Refusing to stop asking questions, he leaves his old life behind, aware that someone is shadowing his every move.The only hope he has is his ex-girlfriend Jill Watson - the only journalist who will believe his story. But neither of them can believe the puzzle they're piecing together - or just how shocking the secret is that everybody wants to stay hidden... "Rankin is a master storyteller" GUARDIAN "Great fiction, full stop" THE TIMES "Ian Rankin is a genius" LEE CHILD "One of Britain's leading novelists in any genre" NEW STATESMAN "A virtuoso of the craft" DAILY MAIL "Rankin is a phenomenon" SPECTATOR "Britain's No.1 crime writer" MIRROR "Quite simply, crime writing of the highest order" EXPRESS "Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best" SCOTSMAN