‘Brilliant… absolutely enthralling’ John Marrs’It’s Knox at his mesmerising best’ Financial Times’Will hook you with its Ripley-like vibes and sharp dialogue’ The Times’Sharp dialogue and a surprising number of laughs along the way. Buckle up and enjoy’ Guardian’A dark and riveting thriller that plunges readers into the chaos of its characters’ Glamour_____________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 Lynch 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._____________Readers love Imposter Syndrome: A fast-paced and exciting read A gripping and intense psychological thriller that masterfully explores themes of deception, identity An intelligent read that you won’t want to put down and you certainly won’t want to end I knew I would love this as everything Joseph Knox writes is brilliant, but this is probably my favourite to date now!