by Jo Nesbø
First published 2023
A teenager vanishes in a small town, and all eyes turn to his friend Richard as the prime suspect. The townspeople believe Richard pushed Tom from a bridge into the rushing river below. Richard denies the accusations, but his desperate attempts to prove his innocence only tangle him deeper in lies. No one believes him. Tom's absence weighs so heavily on Richard that he can barely breathe. Determined to find his friend, Richard ventures into Ballantyne's darker corners, where he discovers the mysterious Nachthaus. His search will force him to confront what really happened that night and uncover secrets that lurk beneath his town's surface.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: missing-friend, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Ballantyne
288 pages · Hardcover · Ullstein