MALAGA – 2000
Sami Kierce, a young American backpacker, wakes up. He is covered in blood. There's a knife in his hand.
Beside him, the body of a woman. Anna. Dead. He doesn't know what happened. He begins to scream.
NEW YORK CITY – 2025
Kierce, now a disgraced detective, is teaching night classes when he recognises a familiar face in the crowd.
Anna. It's unmistakably her. As soon as she sees Kierce, she runs.
For Kierce there is no choice. He knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment.
His investigation will bring him face-to-face with his past. Soon he discovers that some secrets should stay buried . . . Harlan Coben is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world's leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-six languages and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries, with eighty million books in print worldwide. His Myron Bolitar series has earned the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, and several of his books have been developed into Netflix original series, including the #1 global hit Fool Me Once, The Stranger, The Innocent, Gone for Good, The Woods, Stay Close, and Hold Tight, as well as the Amazon Prime series adaptation of Shelter. He lives in New Jersey.
