It’s a huge and towering story, it’s well constructed and you feel increasingly horrified as the plot unfolds. The storyline is dark black, starting with the dark web and includes blackmail and a faceless, powerful and dangerous group who ensnare people in their web of wickedness, lies and death. The clever plot contains a multitude of shocks and unwelcome surprises in this fast paced, gripping and compelling story.

I’ve read all Holly Seddon’s books and loved them all but I think she’s excelled herself in this terrific and twisty thriller.

What had her caring husband, a charity worker no less, got himself into and why on earth is she on the list? She feels like she’s opened a Pandora’s box - did she actually know her husband of several years? The story is told from several perspectives including Marianne and Greg. To her shock she discovers he had been accessing the dark web and further digging reveals that her name and several others are on a Hit List. On the anniversary of his death, for reasons she can’t entirely explain, she searches his laptop. Marianne is still grieving for husband Greg who was killed in a cycling accident a year ago. Good actor voices that are easy to listen to and engage with. What had her caring husband, a charity worker no less, got hims Audible. The dark truths that Marianne uncovers speak volumes about the dark underbelly of our society and forces us to question how far we would go to protect those we care most about.moreĪudible. As she is pulled deeper into the depths of the underworld that Greg was seemingly hostage to, she gets closer and closer to coming face to face with Sam - the assassin hired to kill her. In this fast-paced, powerful and exceptionally plotted novel, Marianne must figure out whether Greg was trying to protect her or whether he was complicit in the conspiracy for her murder. After tentative searching, she discovers her name on a hit list. Why was Greg, a principled charity worker and dedicated husband, logging on to a website that showcases the worst of humanity's cruel impulses and where anything is available for a price? Marianne steels herself and logs on. Until one day, she discovers that he had been accessing the dark web.

Numb with grief, Marianne consoles herself by scouring Greg's laptop, finding comfort in reading his old emails and tracing his footsteps across the web. When Marianne's husband Greg is knocked off his bike and killed on the way to work, she must unpick the life he left behind. Until one day, she discovers You don't know who.

The hit list