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'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable, and The Shut Eye is possibly her best yet' SOPHIE HANNAH

Five footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here.

And now they are all his mother has left.

Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints in the cement. Polishing them to a shine. Keeping them safe. Spiralling towards insanity.

When a psychic offers hope, Anna grasps it. Who wouldn't? Maybe he can tell her what happened to her son...

But is this man what he claims to be? Is he a visionary? A shut eye? Or a cruel fake, preying on the vulnerable?

Or is he something far, far worse?

Critics Review

  • [Belinda Bauer] is such an interesting writer – a restless intelligence that always goes its own way, but always comes up with something that feels both surprising but inevitable.

    Lee Child

  • The most polished crime writer on the murder beat . . . Exhausting, exhilarating and damn scary

    Daily Express

  • ‘Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable, and The Shut Eye is possibly her best yet

    Sophie Hannah

  • One of the most individual of crime writers . . . Bauer is streets ahead of most of her rivals

    Independent

  • A twisty, fast-paced plot that kept me on tenterhooks

    Woman & Home

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