THE NEW THRILLER FROM MILLION COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER MICHAEL CONNELLY LAPD Detective Stilwell has been forced out of the Homicide department to a dead-end post on Santa Catalina Island. It might be an idyllic holiday destination but Stilwell knows it's a backwater to keep him out of sight and out of mind. But the usual weekend case-load of petty drunken violence is disturbed by a report of a body found in the harbour, weighed down by an anchor. Driven to prove a point to his superiors back on the mainland, Stilwell will cross every line of protocol and jurisdiction to solve the murder case. It's sink or swim, as failure will cost him everything, and finding the killer will reveal the dark heart of his new home. But on a small island with big secrets - someone is always watching... **** CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: 'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' IAN RANKIN 'The best mystery writer in the world' GQ 'A superb natural storyteller' LEE CHILD 'A master' STEPHEN KING 'America's greatest living crime writer' DAILY EXPRESS 'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH