'Timothy 'Moth' Turner is a postgrad student and recovering alcoholic. Estranged from his family, Moth's only lifeline is his uncle Ed, a recovered alcoholic and Moth's AA sponsor.

When Ed doesn't turn up for a meeting, Moth gets worried. And he has every right to be. Ed is found shot dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide.

Moth can't believe his uncle would take his own life. And soon, after a little bit of digging, Ed is on the trail of a psychopathic killer known only as Student #5. But why would he want to kill Ed? And who is next on his list...

Relentlessly chilling * USA Today *
A writer of subtlety and brutal toughness * New York Times *
Few writers understand the criminal mind as well as Katzenbach * People *
A clever cat-and-mouse thriller from bestseller Katzenbach * Publishers Weekly *
Darkly original Florida-based psychological gripper * Sunday Times Crime Club *

John Katzenbach has written twelve previous novels, including Red 1-2-3, What Comes Next, The Traveler, Day of Reckoning, and The Shadow Man. He lives in Western Massachusetts.