The Unwilling: The gripping new thriller from the author of the Richard & Judy Book Club pick

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NOT EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE . . . After a tour of Vietnam and a three-year stint in prison, Jason is back in town and wants to rebuild his relationship with Gibby, the younger brother he hasn't seen for years. Determined to make that connection, he coaxes Gibby into a day at the lake: long hours of sunshine and whisky and older women. But when the four of them encounter a prison transfer bus on a stretch of empty road, one of the women taunts the prisoners, causing a riot on the bus. Soon after, Tyra is savagely murdered. Given his violent history, suspicion turns first to Jason. Determined to prove his older brother's innocence, Gibby must avoid the police and dive deep into his brother's hidden life, a journey that takes him into the darkest corners of the community. What he discovers is a truth more disturbing than he could have imagined: not just the identity of the killer and the reasons for Tyra's murder, but the forces that shaped his brother in Vietnam, the reason he was framed - and why the most dangerous man alive wants him back in prison. 'Read this novel. And then go back and read all of his others. He's that good.' - DAVID BALDACCI 'If you crave thrillers that are vividly beautiful, graphic, will make you bleed, try John Hart' - PATRICIA CORNWELL

John Hart is the author of six New York Times bestsellers: The King of Lies, Down River, The Last Child, Iron House, Redemption Road, and The Hush. The only author in history to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel consecutively, John has also won the Barry Award, the Southern Independent Bookseller's Award for Fiction, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and the North Carolina Award for Literature. His novels have been translated into thirty languages and can be found in more than seventy countries.

One of today's finest thriller writers * DAILY MAIL * A master storyteller * HARLAN COBEN, bestselling author of THE STRANGER and WIN * One of the great crime writers at work today, John Hart is in a class of his own. I knew The Unwilling would be special, but I was quite unprepared for just how utterly absorbing, soulful and quietly chilling the journey would be. Bruising, beautiful and impossible to forget. * CHRIS WHITAKER, New York Times bestselling author of WE BEGIN AT THE END * Read this novel. And then go back and read all of his others. He's that good. * DAVID BALDACCI, bestselling author of ONE GOOD DEED * If you crave thrillers that are vividly beautiful, graphic, will make you bleed, try John Hart * PATRICIA CORNWELL, bestselling author of THE SCARPETTA SERIES * John Hart has clearly joined the top rank of thriller writers * VINCE FLYNN, bestselling author of TOTAL POWER * John Hart creates novels that are somehow raw, tender, brutal, and exquisite?all at the same time. Exceptional * C.J. BOX, bestselling author of DARK SKY * Crime fiction at its absolute best * MARK GREANEY, bestselling author of RELENTLESS * Richly complex, as intricately woven as a fine tapestry, soul-piercingly emotional, this is John Hart at his lyrical, atmospheric best * TAMI HOAG, bestselling author of THE BOY * Whenever I thought that I had unravelled the plot, another twist left me flummoxed, and the solution had me blinking with surprise and admiration * GUARDIAN (on Down River by John Hart) * Explores betrayal and forgiveness in indelible prose * OBSERVER (on Down River by John Hart) * Hart spins a clever mystery and keeps skilful control of his plot * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (on Down River by John Hart) * A Chandleresque thriller * SUNDAY TIMES (on Down River by John Hart) * A heart-pounding thriller that explores the dark side of human nature * METRO (on Down River by John Hart) *