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A Book of the Year for 2021 in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Irish Times

Winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 Crime Fiction Book of the Year

No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead.

56 DAYS AGO
Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores.

35 DAYS AGO
When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who – and what – he really is.

TODAY
Detectives arrive at Oliver’s apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.

Can they determine what really happened, or has lockdown created an opportunity for someone to commit the perfect crime?

‘As good as suspense fiction gets’
– Washington Post

‘Terrific … you won’t want to stop reading until the end’
– Karin Slaughter