THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE...IS IF SOMEONE CONFESSES TO MURDER.
***GUARDIAN CRIME AND THRILLERS OF THE MONTH***THE SUN BOOK OF THE WEEK***

'Fiendishly clever and impossible to put down' SHARI LAPENA
'Thrilling' SUNDAY TIMES
'Writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!' HARLAN COBEN
'Breathless pace, superb plotting, hugely entertaining, deliciously dark, and so much fun!' ANDREA MARA
'Full of surprises and unguessable revelations. Tense, intriguing and entertaining' LIZ NUGENT

Seven people wake up in a remote mansion. The doors are all locked.
They have no idea where they are. Who brought them there. Or how to escape.
Each knew the victims of a dreadful crime committed four years earlier but that's all that links them.

Then a voice echoes through the house with a terrifying message.
They've been poisoned - and have less than 12 hours to live.
There's an antidote on hand: but only if someone admits to being a killer.
And they all claim to be innocent.

The time for confession is rapidly running out.
How many - if any - of them will survive the night?

'Simon Kernick writes great plots, great characters, great action' LEE CHILD
'An absolute master of the adrenaline-fuelled ride' PETER JAMES
'A blisteringly brilliant novel. The twists and reveals just don't stop coming' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'A pulse-pounding tale where every second counts. Kernick is the king of killer twists!' LESLEY KARA
'Kernick is master of the tense, pacy thriller' THE SUN
'That thud you hear is Kernick whipping the rug from under your feet again' THE TIMES
'Simon Kernick is one of the most reliable purveyors of the edge-of-your-seat thriller' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Pace, pace, pace is what Simon Kernick does best' DAILY MIRROR