The Twenty-Three

From New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes the jaw-dropping finale of the Promise Falls Trilogy.

It's May 23, and small town Promise Falls finds itself in the midst of a full-blown catastrophe with dozens dead from a flu-like virus. Investigator Cal Weaver quickly zeros in on mass poisoning and a tainted water supply.

Meanwhile, a college student has been murdered, and Detective Barry Duckworth recognizes a killer's handiwork from the unsolved homicides of two women in town. Suddenly, the strange events from the last month start to add up. … Bloody mannequins in car "23" of an abandoned Ferris wheel … a fiery, out-of-control bus with "23" on the back … "23" on the hoodie of a man accused of assault.

The motive for hurting the people of this town points to the number 23-and working out why will bring Duckworth closer to death than ever before.

"There's definitely something rotten in Promise Falls. In The Twenty-Three, the riveting final installment of the Promise Falls trilogy, the story comes to a frightful and fitting conclusion. Nothing is more satisfying than tucking into a new Linwood Barclay novel, and this is one we've all been waiting for."-Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door