The best thriller Ive read this yearLISA JEWELL A fantastic thriller... It doesn't get better than thisLEE CHILD Her fresh start is about to turn into a nightmare

Audra has finally left her abusive husband. Shes taken the family car and her young children, Sean and Louise, are buckled up in the back. This is their chance for a fresh start.

Audra keeps to the country roads to avoid attention. Then she spots something in her rear-view mirror. A police car is following her and the lights are flickering. Blue and red.

As Audra pulls over she is intensely aware of how isolated they are. Her perfect escape is about to turn into a nightmare beyond her imagining

A rollercoastercomplete with agonising tension and a heroine you cant help rooting for Daily Mail

Almost unbearably tense Cancel all your plans andsettle in for the ride Ruth Ware

Haylen Beckis the pen name of internationally prize-winning crime writer Stuart Neville. Writing under his own name, Stuart won the LA Times Book Prize for his debut novel and received critical acclaim for his Serena Flanagan detective series set in Belfast. His Haylen Beck novels are set in the US and inspired by his love of American crime writing.