REVENGE IS SWEET -

UNLESS YOU'RE THE TARGET

For London-based novelist Matt Wells, a chain of seemingly innocent emails from a devoted fan turns deadly when he discovers the correspondent has an agenda for murder - and Matt's family and friends are among the scheduled victims.

Matt is plunged into a plot more twisted than any he has used in his novels. With each killing, the man known as the White Devil tightens his grip by incriminating Matt at the murder scene. Cast not only as the ghostwriter of his persecutor's tertying story, but as the victim, Matt needs to risk everything to protect his loved ones. But with the police closing in and his friends being picked off, is he running out of time?

Paul Johnston is the winner of the CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger for Best First Crime Novel for Body Politic.

'That rare breed of thriller: a ripping page-turner that is also stylish and intelligent.

Jeffery Deaver