First published 2008
On a sweltering summer day, a young girl's family is shattered. Thirty years later, an ex-detective hears a startling sound on a crowded train. Meanwhile, a prepared teen faces a terrifying intrusion. These three lives intertwine in unexpected, thrilling ways as the past catches up to the present.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: past-present-connection, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Edinburgh (Scotland)
388 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company