Imposter Syndrome
‘When you’re living a lie, you find it’s best to avoid close attachments…’
Lynch, a burned out con-artist, arrives, broke, in London, trying not to dwell on the mistakes that got him there. When he bumps into Bobbie, a rehab-bound heiress - and when she briefly mistakes him for her missing brother - Lynch senses the opportunity, as well as the danger…
Bobbie’s brother, Heydon, was a troubled young man. Five years ago, he walked out of the family home and never went back. His car was found parked on a bridge overlooking the Thames, in the early hours of the same morning. Unsettled by Bobbie’s story, and suffering from a rare attack of conscience, Lynch tries to back off.
But when Bobbie leaves for rehab the following day, he finds himself drawn to her luxurious family home, and into a meeting with her mother, the formidable Miranda. Seeing the same resemblance that her daughter did, Miranda proposes she hire Lynch to assume her son’s identity, in a last-ditch effort to try and flush out his killer.
As Lych begins to impersonate him, dark forces are lured out of the shadows, and he realises too late that Heydon wasn’t paranoid at all. Someone was watching his every move, and they’ll kill to keep it a secret.
For the first time, Lynch is in a life or death situation he can’t lie his way out of.
Reviews
Fierce, funny and flint-sharp.
Knox is at his considerable, nail biting best with this absolutely enthralling thriller. It’s The Talented Mr Ripley meets Jason Bourne on a trip to Saltburn. Just brilliant.
It's Knox at his mesmerising best.
Knox's sharp prose and gritty atmosphere create a hauntingly atmospheric tale where nothing is as it seems.
A thousand-mile-an-hour thriller in which you’re never sure who’s predator or prey. It left my head spinning. Immensely enjoyable!
A chicane packed plot... Sharp dialogue and a surprising number of laughs along the way. Buckle up and enjoy.
Impressive... a hard-boiled feast.
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