The Last Thing to Burn - Will Dean

''Outstanding. The best thriller in years'' MARTINA COLE''One of the best thrillers I have read in years'' THE OBSERVER''I couldn''t put it down. A visceral nightmare of a book with one of the most evil villains I''ve come across in a long time. Powerful writing'' STEVE CAVANAGH''Short, sharp shocker'' THE TIMES''An early contender for one of the best books of the year'' S MAGAZINEHe is her husband. She is his captive.Her husband calls her Jane. That is not her name.She lives in a small farm cottage, surrounded by vast, open fields. Everywhere she looks, there is space. But she is trapped. No one knows how she got to the UK: no one knows she is there. Visitors rarely come to the farm; if they do, she is never seen.Her husband records her every movement during the day. If he doesn''t like what he sees, she is punished.For a long time, escape seemed impossible. But now, something has changed. She has a reason to live and a reason to fight. Now, she is watching him, and waiting . . .''A true nail-biter'' THE GUARDIAN''Ratchets up the tension to the point where I had to check my pulse'' LIZ NUGENT''Heart-stoppingly suspenseful, a masterclass in tension'' ERIN KELLY''An unbearably tense read, with incredible writing'' RAGNAR JONASSON''I could not stop reading this! Brilliantly done'' DENISE MINA''Sensational. Claustrophobic, compulsive, and almost unbearably tense it''s a heart-in-mouth read that''s packed with suspense. Readers will be saying ''just one more page'' all the way from the gripping beginning to the heart-stopping end'' C.L. TAYLOR''Seriously nail-biting stuff! I raced through it, my heart in my mouth'' EMMA CURTIS''Tremendously powerful and fantastically written, heart-stopping from page one. Expect to see it on all the award lists'' SARAH HILARY