<p><b><FONT></b><b>HE DISAPPEARED FOR 15 YEARS...UNTIL THE DAY OF THE MURDER. </b><b></FONT></b><br><br><b>*** THE INTERNATIONAL TOP TEN BESTSELLER***</b><br><br><b>''Taut, beautifully observed...with an explosive finish.'' </b>PETER MAY<br><b>''Original, compelling and highly recommended. S. R. White is the real deal.'' </b>CHRIS HAMMER<br><b>''A fascinating case''</b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> CRIME CLUB PICK<br><br>After a puzzling death in the wild bushlands of Australia, detective Dana Russo has just 12 hours to interrogate the prime suspect - a silent, inscrutable man found at the scene of the crime, who disappeared without trace 15 years earlier.<br><br>But where has he been? Why won''t he talk? And exactly how dangerous is he? Without conclusive evidence to prove his guilt, Dana faces a desperate race against time to persuade him to speak. But as each interview spirals with fevered intensity, Dana must reckon with her own traumatic past to reveal the shocking truth . . .<br>