When a freak accident kills a driver on a remote country road, Jonathan Stride is disturbed to discover the victim has a false identity. Alarmingly, a gun is found in the car and the gun has recently been fired.
The next day, Stride learns that a local student has also vanished. Could the incidents be related? But what could put an ordinary young woman in the crosshairs of a man bearing all the hallmarks of an assassin?
Stride's investigation soon leads him to a film shoot based on his past. Whatsmore, Stride is being played by a Hollywood legend. But there are whispers his cinematic alter-ego has a dark side.
The most gripping and explosive thriller yet from bestseller Brian Freeman. Perfect for fans of Michael Connelly, Joy Ellis and Kendra Elliot.
Brian Freeman is a #1 bestselling author of psychological thrillers, including the Jonathan Stride and Frost Easton series. Since 2005, he has sold books in 46 countries and 22 languages. His stand-alone novel Spilled Blood won the award for Best Hardcover Novel in the International Thriller Writers Awards, and his novel The Burying Place was a finalist for the same award. Other winners of this award have included authors Stephen King, John Sandford, and Jeffery Deaver.His debut thriller, Immoral, won the Macavity Award and was a finalist for the Dagger, Edgar, Anthony, and Barry awards for Best First Novel. Immoral was also chosen as International Book of the Month by book clubs around the world. His novels The Bone House and Season of Fear were both named finalists for Best Audiobook of the Year in Thriller/Suspense. He is a four-time finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in his home state.Freeman’s writing has been praised by critics and bestselling authors alike, including Michael Connelly, Lisa Gardner, and Nelson DeMille. ‘My discovery this year has been crime writer Brian Freeman,’ wrote the Daily Mail in its review of The Burying Place. ‘Fleshed-out characters, high tension and terrifying twists put Freeman up there with Harlan Coben in the psychological crime stratosphere.’