Now a famous artist, he has built a new, isolated life, and spends his days painting. But then billionaire arms merchant Derek Bellasar Offers a huge commission for two portraits of his wife, Sienna. Malone never accepts commissions, refusing to paint to another's dictates, but Bellasar won't take no for an answer. Before long, Malone's beach is bulldozed, his favourite restaurant closed, and the gallery displaying his works taken over.

Confused and angry, Malone vows to get revenge. Then an old friend from the Marines asks him to take the commission. Jeb, now a CIA agent fighting Bellasar's ever-increasing power, sees this as his one chance to get close to him. It is also Sienna's one chance for survival. She doesn't know she is Bellasar's fourth wife, and that each of the other three died mysteriously in an accident just after her beauty had been immortalized by a renowned artist.

'Fresh, inventive, gripping suspense. Morrell plays by his own rules and leaves you dazzled' Dean Koontz

'Tight, colourful, fast-moving, and packed with tension' Stephen King

'Showcase[s] Morrell's ability to capture pure, hard driving suspense, often culminating in unspeakable tragedy or bizarre discovery' Publishers Weekly

'Riveting' Robert Ludlum

'The most chilling story of a man-hunt I have ever read' Daily Express

'The story grabs you by the short hairs of your soul and your brain and does not let go. It's a rich and obsessive novel' James Ellroy

'Everything [David Morrell] writes has a you-are-there quality, and that, coupled with his ability to propel characters through a scene, makes reading him like attending a private screening' Washington Post

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