Kevin Brooks

I can't believe I fell for it. It was still dark when I woke up this morning. As soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of whitewashed concrete. There are six little rooms along the main corridor. There are no windows. No doors. The lift is the only way in or out. What's he going to do to me? What am I going to do? If I'm right, the lift will come down in five minutes. It did. Only this time it wasn't empty . . .

When the mother of missing local young woman, Anna Gerrish, calls on his services, PI John Craine soon finds himself at the centre of a sinister web of corruption and lies. And as he delves deeper into the case everything suddenly starts to get terrifyingly personal, and it's down to Craine to stop history from repeating itself…

Fifteen-year-old Kenzie wakes up in hospital to the devastating news that she has been struck down by a rare genetic condition that has made her skin become transparent, revealing everything inside of her – and Kenzie feels repellent to look at. But when a medical photo of her is leaked and goes viral, the press attention is massive. How can Kenzie live like this, when she doesn’t want to be seen at all? Can a boy who can’t even see her, be the only one to help her to find the answers… ?