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<p><b>THE BRAND NEW 2026 PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>THE CONFESSION </i>- now available to pre-order.<br><br>She helped him disappear. She'll wish she hadn't . . . </b><br><br>There is a chilling phenomenon in Japan known as <i>Johatsu</i> - people who vanish voluntarily from their lives. It's said 100,000 people per year are <i>Johatsu,</i> and an entire industry has sprung up to support those who choose to.<br><br>Life is hard. For some people, it's just too much.<br><br>That's what I thought when I brought the concept to England. People will disappear anyway. What if I could help them? So I pack their belongings discreetly, create new identities, forge documents, give directions to the cities and towns where the 'night-mover' can live anonymously.<br><br>It's just a business. I never saw it as a shameful act. I've helped people flee from abusive relationships, from work pressure, from debt, from unfulfilled lives. People in need.<br><br>I consider what I do to be honourable.<br>Until now that is.<br><br>Because I've just learned that I'm not absent of responsibility. That I am capable of doing a terrible thing.<br>That it's not just a business.<br><br>I helped somebody flee from a crime. From the police.<br><br>I evaporated a murderer.<br><br>And if I don't find him, I can't live with what he might do next.</p>