VICTIM. SURVIVOR. ABDUCTOR. CRIMINAL. YOU WILL BECOME EACH ONE. 'Starting THE CHAIN is like climbing aboard a runaway train. You'll miss meals, sleep, and your stop on the bus - guaranteed.' VAL McDERMID 'Incredibly propulsive and original. You won't shake it for a long time.' STEPHEN KING 'Scary, plausible, gripping ... If you like compelling storytelling, this taut thriller is going to be your summer holiday read.' IAN RANKIN 'I may not read a better thriller in my lifetime. It just doesn't get any better than THE CHAIN.' STEVE CAVANAGH * * * * * 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. YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE CHAIN * * * * * 'A masterpiece. You will never be able to forget it.' DON WINSLOW 'A unique and unforgettable thriller. Breath-taking, breakneck, brilliant.' MARK BILLINGHAM 'Terrifying. Terrific.' MICK HERRON 'Striking, memorable, should be savoured.' TANA FRENCH 'THE CHAIN does for parenting what Gone Girl did for marriage. A must-read thriller.' JAMES SWALLOW 'Inventive, tense, unputdownable - THE CHAIN is the real deal.' TIM WEAVER 'Diabolical, unnerving, relentless.' DENNIS LEHANE 'An electrifying thriller - one of the very best of its kind' FIONA CUMMINS 'A first-rate edge-of-your-seat thriller. I can't believe what went through my mind while reading it.' ATTICA LOCKE 'Gripping, nail-biting, convincing.' MEG GARDINER 'Brutally compelling.' MASON CROSS 'Staggeringly brilliant. Gripping, propulsive, profoundly affecting.' LIAM McILLVANNEY 'Relentless from the first page to the last. Clever, uncompromising, and gripping.' LUCA VESTE 'This is the thriller of the year.' SJI HOLLIDAY "YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST. AND YOU WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE THE LAST."