Asda Magazine 'Filled with twists and turns, this is a terrifying tale'
Sunday Mirror 'Compulsive, gripping thriller'
Peter Millar in The Times 'The best psychological thriller writer around'

Words are the most dangerous weapons on earth - and Tate Collier, who has a consummate skill with them, can talk his way into anyone's heart, and get them to do whatever he wants. Tate is a lawyer who used to defend death penalty cases in Virginia's Supreme Court; now he concentrates on work for the local community. When his teenage daughter goes missing all the signs are that she's run away. But Tate and his ex-wife, Bett, feel differently, and set out in search of her. To discover that Megan is in the hands of a man with no morals and as great a gift for words as Tate himself. Megan's is not the only life in danger...

Jeff Deaver was a lawyer before quitting work to become a full-time writer. He divides his time between Washington, DC and California..

Twelve jurors convicted Paul Keller of raping and murdering his own daughter - and now Keller has died and his technologically brilliant brother, Daniel, is seeking his revenge. One by one, the members of the jury are being slaughtered.

LAPD detective Jessie Drake is immediately suspicious when she comes across the case of a holocaust survivor whose body is found in a wooded area of Los Angeles. Her seniors try to write the case off as a routine heart attack, but Jessie suspects murder and sets out to uncover the truth.