THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN THIS ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF A THRILLER In London the Metropolitan Police have set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit a cold case squad to catch the criminals nobody else can. Four victims. Four cases. All killers poised to strike again. In Geneva millionaire art collector Miles Faulkner convicted of forgery and theft was pronounced dead two months ago. So why is his unscrupulous lawyer still representing a dead client? And who is the mysterious man his widow is planning to marry? On board luxury cruise liner the Alden a wealthy clientele have signed up for the opulence and glamour of a trans-Atlantic voyage. But the battle for power at the heart of a wealthy dynasty is about to turn to murder. And at the heart of all three investigations lies Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick rising star of the Met. Only Warwick's genius for deductive reasoning his fierce intelligence and his occasionally rash bravery combined with that of ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan reluctantly brought in from the cold can bring the criminals to justice and put his nemesis behind bars. But can they catch the killers before it's too late? Probably the greatest storyteller of our age Mail on Sunday 'Peerless master of the page turner' Daily Mail 'If there were a Nobel Prize for storytelling Archer would win' Daily Telegraph Archer is a master entertainer Time
