The Lost - (Jonah Colley Thrillers) by Simon Beckett (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Det. Sgt. Jonah Colley of the Metropolitan firearms unit has been wracked with guilt for the past ten years, ever since his son went missing under his care. The tragedy broke up his marriage and left him estranged from his best friend, Det. Sgt. Gavin McKinney. But now Gavin calls him out of the blue. Desperate for help, he needs Jonah to meet him at Slaughter Quay.

Jonah arrives to a horrifying crime scene where Gavin was brutally attacked and left for dead. As the only survivor, he is also a person of interest. But even while under suspicion himself, Jonah is determined to find out what happened. Uncovering a network of secrets and lies about the people he thought he knew, he's forced to question what really happened all those years ago.

The Lost is the first book in the Jonah Colley thrillers by the award-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of the David Hunter series.

Review Quotes

"A terrific thriller from one of our finest crime writers at the top of his game." --Peter James, bestselling author of Left You Dead

"Beckett has created a roaring, full throated thriller." --Daily Mail

"Beckett is an expert in doling out information in the right-sized snippets and at the right intervals to keep the tension high." --The Literary Review

"A brutal, kinetic thrill ride." --Crime Monthly magazine

"Oh my goodness! This is one of my reads of 2021." --Reading Stuff 'n' Things

"[The Lost] led me on a journey littered with peril, jeopardy, double crossing and some very heightened emotions . . . Nice Job, Mr Beckett. Roll on book two." --Jen Med's Book Reviews

"[The Lost] captured my attention and grasped it tight . . . Simon Beckett is a natural storyteller. A series and a protagonist to watch out for!" --Live and Deadly

"The Lost is an action packed, high adrenaline, fast paced thriller that kept me riveted to the pages." --Linda's Book Bag

About the Author

Simon Beckett is the No.1 International Bestselling author of the David Hunter series. His books have been translated into twenty-nine languages, appeared in the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller lists and sold over ten million copies worldwide. A former freelance journalist who has written for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, and The Observer, the inspiration for the first David Hunter novel came after a visit to the world-renowned Body Farm in Tennessee introduced him to the work of forensic anthropologists.

As well as co-winning the Ripper Award in 2018/19, the largest European crime prize, Simon has won the Raymond Chandler Society's 'Marlowe' Award and been short-listed for the CWA Gold Dagger, CWA Dagger in the Library and Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year.

In addition to the six David Hunter titles, the most recent of which is The Scent of Death, he has written five standalone novels, one of which, Where There's Smoke, was adapted into a major ITV two-part drama.