Preorder the stunning new thriller by the bestselling author of The Lie Maker!''Linwood Barclay is a flat-out master of the modern thriller, and I Will Ruin You is impossible to put down. You need this book in your life.'' David KoeppIn the latest novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher’s act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.Life can change in a heartbeat…When high school English teacher Richard Boyle comes face-to-face with an ex-student determined to commit an atrocity, his whole word changes.

Thanks to his quick thinking, Richard averts a major tragedy and is hailed as a hero, with his face splashed across the media. But not all the attention coming his way is good…Somewhere out there, a memory is triggered by someone watching the news of the incident. A plan is hatched.

When Richard receives the first threat, it’s very clear: it’s time to talk about what you did to me…As the situation spirals dangerously out of control, Richard is drawn into a fraught web of salacious accusations and deadly secrets. As he tries to uncover the truth, he discovers that there’s something deeply wrong in his town— and that he has landed smack in the middle of it.

Richard is desperate to find a way out, but everyone in his life seems to be hiding something, and trusting the wrong person could cost him everything he loves…PRAISE FOR LINWOOD BARCLAY:‘Linwood Barclay has crafted another perfect page-turner’ The Times‘Pacey and tense, it’s a triumph from a master thriller writer.

Every page makes your heart beat that little bit faster’ The Sun‘You’ll be left speed-reading towards the end to discover answers expertly posed by the bestselling Toronto-based crime writer’ The Independent‘Totally absorbing… brilliant stuff’ Neil Lancaster‘A superior thriller’ Sunday Times‘A suspense master’ Stephen King


Format Inbunden Omfång 352 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag HarperCollins Publishers Utgivningsdatum 2024-08-01 ISBN 9780008555757