Nightshade 9781398726710 Paperback

‘A great story’THE TIMES’An enjoyable twisty mystery from a master of the game’MAIL ON SUNDAYFrom the author of the books behind the #1 Netflix showThe Lincoln Lawyer, and #1 Amazon Prime seriesBoschandBallard.*****’A murder case is like a shark.It sleeps, it dies.’LAPD Detective Stilwell was forced out of the Homicide department and sent to a dead-end post on Santa Catalina Island.But when the idyllic holiday destination is rocked by report of a body found in the harbour, weighed down by an anchor, Stilwell has a point to prove to his superiors – and will cross every line to solve the murder himself.It’s sink or swim, as failure will cost him everything while finding the killer will make him a target and reveal the dark heart of his new home.But on a small island with big secrets – someone is always watching…****CRIME DOESN’T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:’The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation’IAN RANKIN’The best mystery writer in the world’GQ’A superb natural storyteller’LEE CHILD’A master’STEPHEN KING’America’s greatest living crime writer’DAILY EXPRESS’One of the great storytellers of crime fiction’SUNDAY TELEGRAPH