´A heart-stopping roller coaster´ DAILY MAIL ´The book everyone is talking about´ MIRROR ´A blazing, full-tilt thriller that entirely justifies the hype´ GUARDIAN * * * * * YOUR PHONE RINGS. A STRANGER HAS KIDNAPPED YOUR CHILD. TO FREE THEM YOU MUST ABDUCT SOMEONE ELSE´S CHILD. YOUR CHILD WILL BE RELEASED WHEN YOUR VICTIM´S PARENTS KIDNAP ANOTHER CHILD. IF ANY OF THESE THINGS DON´T HAPPEN: YOUR CHILD WILL BE KILLED. VICTIM. SURVIVOR. ABDUCTOR. CRIMINAL. YOU WILL BECOME EACH ONE. YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE CHAIN * * * * * ´Scary, plausible, gripping.´ IAN RANKIN ´You´ll miss meals, sleep, and your stop on the bus - guaranteed.´ VAL McDERMID ´I writhed with the pain of withdrawal when I finished it. Deserves to be the popular hit of the year.´ DAILY TELEGRAPH ´Incredibly propulsive and original. You won´t shake it for a long time.´ STEPHEN KING ´A masterpiece. You will never be able to forget it.´ DON WINSLOW ´A unique and unforgettable thriller. Breath-taking, breakneck, brilliant.´ MARK BILLINGHAM ´Striking, memorable, should be savoured.´ TANA FRENCH ´Explosively brilliant. Genuinely unputdownable. Terribly plausible´ OBSERVER ´I may not read a better thriller in my lifetime.´ STEVE CAVANAGH ´An electrifying thriller - one of the very best of its kind´ FIONA CUMMINS ´What a fantastic idea and perfectly written. I´m quite jealous.´ ANTHONY HOROWITZ ´Terrifying. Terrific.´ MICK HERRON ´THE CHAIN does for parenting what Gone Girl did for marriage. A must-read thriller.´ JAMES SWALLOW ´Diabolical, unnerving, relentless.´ DENNIS LEHANE ´Utterly brilliant´ ELLY GRIFFITHS A ´THRILLER OF THE YEAR´ SELECTION FOR: GUARDIAN DAILY TELEGRAPH AMAZON EXPRESS OBSERVER TIME MAGAZINE