The actor

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At long last, Adam Sealey has an Oscar within reach. Working with his controversial former mentor, Jonathan, he’s given the performance of a lifetime, and he almost believes it might be worth the cost. Because Adam subscribes to ‘the method’. It’s the secret that the world’s greatest actors swear by – digging into their darkest, most personal traumas to bring a role to life. And Adam’s greatest trauma is worse than most. Losing his mother when he was just a boy. A forced choice between the success he craved and the girl he loved. And that night back in drama school, the night of Adam’s darkest secret, when everyone knows about the dead body, but nobody suspects the truth. And then he gets a message: someone knows. And if they tell, everything Adam’s worked for will come crashing down.

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TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS, HE MUST SACRIFICE EVERYTHING . . .

Read most original new thriller, a story of glamour, secrets and obsession

‘This compelling psychological thriller set in the acting world is both uncompromising and unsettling, with deeply layered characters and a narrative voice that grabs you from the opening line and won’t let you go’ Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient

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Actor Adam Sealey owes his Oscar nomination to mentor Jonathan Dors. It was Jonathan who trained him in the Method: digging deep into personal trauma in pursuit of the greatest performance.

It gets results.
But there’s a price.

For Adam, it cost him the love of his life.
And then there’s what happened twenty years ago.
An awful secret he’s buried deep inside.

Yet as Oscar night beckons, someone is threatening to dig up the truth.
Adam is finally in the spotlight that he craved for so long.
But it might just mean the world is watching as everything falls apart . . .

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‘A compulsive thriller . . . very, very moving, I adored it’ Abigail Dean

‘Twisty, compulsive fun’ i

‘A barnstorming performance’ The Times

‘A brilliantly twisted (and twisting) tale . . . I loved it’ Mat Osman

‘Brilliantly evoked, totally compelling. A first-class thriller’ Daily Mail

‘Brilliant, dark, immersive, and ultimately hugely satisfying’ Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things

Additional information

Weight 0.274 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 12.9 × 2.5 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

384

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K