‘Oh my days wow what a book. It was sick and twisty and I loved every single word of it . . . it’s been one of the best reads of the year!’ Reader review,

‘Ms Matheson is a master storyteller and delivers a gritty and gripping story, a page-turner I couldn’t stop reading. It's highly recommended’ Reader review,

‘An absolutely superb contemporary crime thriller . . . Nadine Matheson is a powerful voice in crime fiction’ Reader review,

‘Totally hooked on this series, I now need the next book, please say there will be one, I cannot recommend this enough – 10 stars’ Reader review,

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In this room, no one can hear you scream…

The Serial Crimes Unit are called in to investigate when a local pastor is found stabbed to death. As DI Henley assesses the crime scene, she discovers a hidden door that conceals a room set up for torture – and bound to the bed in the middle of the room is the body of a man.

When another body is found, also tied down, Henley realises there's someone out there torturing innocent people and leaving them for dead. But why?

There's nothing that connects the victims. They didn't know each other. Their paths never crossed. But someone has targeted them, and it's up to Henley and the SCU to stop them before they find another binding room…

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Praise for Nadine Matheson

‘Nadine Matheson writes sentences like roses, lovely and bristling with thorns . . . Matheson’s voice is exciting, urgent… and, now more than ever, vital’ A.J. Finn

‘There is a freshness to Matheson’s writing which promises a long career’ Morning Star