'A hugely satisfying & thrilling read' Shari Lapena 'A brilliant edge-of-the-seat thriller written with humanity warmth & grace I loved it!' Saskia Sarginson Two best friends One terrible event Abdi Mahal & Noah Sadler have been inseparable since they met They've stuck together even when their peers have excluded them But when a horrifying incident leaves Noah in a coma & fighting for his life Abdi is too traumatised to say anything about what happened DI Jim Clemo freshly returned to work after an enforced leave of absence is tasked to investigate & against a backdrop of a city where racial tensions are running high he must determine what really happened to drive two teenage boys into a situation so desperate Everything rests on one of the boys talking But one can't talk And one won't The international bestselling author of WHAT SHE KNEW & THE PERFECT GIRL returns with a whip-smart DI Jim Clemo crime thriller about buried secrets & how the truth will always hurt Praise for Gilly Macmillan' Amazing gripping beautifully written' Liane Moriarty' Deserves to stay on the bestseller list' Daily Mail' Electrifyingly good An absolute firecracker of a thriller' Sunday Mirror'A nail-biting sleep-depriving brilliant read' Saskia Sarginson bestselling author of The Twins' Literary suspense at its finest' Mary Kubica' Deceptively clever' Rosamund Lupton' Utterly gripping' Tim Weaver