SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS' CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR** A NO. 1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER **___________________________If she'd turned off her phone, instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died...When Cressida Howard catches her entrepreneur husband playing away from home, she hires security expert Brioni O'Brien to get the evidence she needs for a speedy and financially rewarding divorce.But what Brioni uncovers goes beyond simple infidelity. Because Laurence Howard is also in bed with some very dangerous people. Bribery and blackmail are the least of his worries as someone comes after the women in his life - someone who is out to destroy Laurence and his empire, whatever the cost.And Cressida and her teenage daughter could soon be collateral damage, if she and Brioni don't act fast.

Sam Blake has been writing fiction since her husband set sail across the Atlantic for eight weeks and she had an idea for a book.Sam has had a string of No. 1 bestsellers with her runaway bestselling debut, Little Bones, the first in the Cat Connolly trilogy, shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year. Switching to psychological thrillers, Keep Your Eyes on Me was a No. 1 bestseller, and her next book, The Dark Room was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year. Her last thriller, Remember My Name, went straight to No. 1 in January 2022 and was also shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year.Sam is one of the best-connected people in crime writing, the founder of Europe's biggest online writer's magazine, Writing.ie, she relaunched National Crime Reading Month for the CWA in 2022.Originally from St. Albans in Hertfordshire, Sam now lives at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains, near Dublin in Ireland.Follow her on social @samblakebooks. Visit www.samblakebooks.com for news and events and get a bonus free short story in audio& text when you subscribe to her newsletter.