DEAL BREAKER

When a woman who everyone including the police believes is dead makes a phone call to a young sportsman about to hit the big time, it seems that more than just his career is on the line. Myron Bolitar investigates and is plunged into a baffling mystery of sex and blackmail. Trying to unravel the truth about a family's tragedy, a woman's secret, and a man's lies, he soon realises that image and talent might make you rich, but the truth can get you killed. A clever and gripping mystery, 378pp, paperback.