WINNER OF THE 2018 THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2017'A Silence of the Lambs for the internet age.' Ian Rankin'Utterly riveting and truly terrifying.' Laura Wilson, GuardianWhen a distressed young woman arrives at their station claiming her friend has been abducted, and that the man threatened to come back and'claim her next', Detectives Carrigan and Miller are thrust into a terrifying new world of stalking and obsession.Taking them from a Bayswater hostel, where backpackers and foreign students share dorms and failing dreams, to the emerging threat of online intimidation, hacking, and control, The Intrusions explores disturbing contemporary themes with all the skill and dark psychology that Stav Sherez's work has been so acclaimed for.Under scrutiny themselves, and with old foes and enmities re-surfacing, how long will Carrigan and Miller have to find out the truth behind what these two women have been subjected to?

Stav Sherez is the author of The Devil's Playground (2004), described by James Sallis as'altogether extraordinary', and which was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasy Dagger Award, The Black Monastery (2009) described as'spectacular' by Laura Wilson in the Guardian,and two novels in the Carrigan and Miller series, A Dark Redemption (2012) and Eleven Days (2013), both of which were shortlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year Award. He is currently at work on the third novel in that series.