The classic lost thriller from the iconic number one bestseller.It always starts with a small lie. That's how you stop noticing the bigger ones. After his friend suspects something strange going on at the launch facility where they both work - and then goes missing - Martin Hepton doesn't believe the official line of 'long-term sick leave'...Refusing to stop asking questions he leaves his old life behind aware that someone is shadowing his every move.The only hope he has is his ex-girlfriend Jill Watson - the only journalist who will believe his story. But neither of them can believe the puzzle they're piecing together - or just how shocking the secret is that everybody wants to stay hidden...“Rankin is a master storyteller” GUARDIAN“Great fiction full stop” THE TIMES“Ian Rankin is a genius” LEE CHILD“One of Britain's leading novelists in any genre” NEW STATESMAN“A virtuoso of the craft” DAILY MAIL“Rankin is a phenomenon” SPECTATOR“Britain's No.1 crime writer” MIRROR“Quite simply crime writing of the highest order” EXPRESS“Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best” SCOTSMAN