Whatever It Takes

When seven-year-old Alyssa is kidnapped, Deputy Noah Harper decides he will do what it takes to find her—but that means crossing lines he can never come back from. Finding the girl safe isn’t enough to stop Noah from losing his job, his wife, and from being kicked out of Acacia Pines. He’s told if he ever returns, he’ll be put in jail and left there to rot. Now, 12 years later, comes a phone call. Alyssa is missing again and her father wants him to honor the promise he made to her all those years earlier—that he would never let anything bad happen to her again. To find her, Noah is going to have to head back to the pines, and come face to face with the past.

“On almost every page, this outstanding psychological thriller forces the reader to reconsider what is real.” — Publishers Weekly starred review of Trust No One

“Breaking Bad reworked by the Coen Brothers.” — Kirkus Reviews starred review of Five Minutes Alone

"Uses words like lethal weapons." —New York Times

"Tense, thrilling, touching. Paul Cleave is very good indeed." —John Connolly, author, The Unquiet

"A riveting and all too realistic thriller. Cleave is a writer to watch." —Tess Gerritsen, author, The Sinner

"Compelling, dark, and perfectly paced, New Zealand writer Cleave’s psychological thriller explores the evil lurking in us all, working relentless magic until the very last page." —Booklist

"Most people come back from New Zealand talking about the the breathtaking scenery and the amazing experiences. I came back raving about Paul Cleave. These are stories that you won’t forget in a while: relentlessly gripping, deliciously twisted and shot through with a vein of humour that’s as dark as hell. Cleave creates fictional monsters as chilling and as charming as any I’ve ever come across. Anyone who likes their crime fiction on the black and bloody side should move Paul Cleave straight to the top of their must-read list." —Mark Billingham, author, Lazybones

"An intense adrenalin rush from start to finish, I read The Laughterhouse in one sitting. It’ll have you up all night. Fantastic!" —S.J Watson, author, Before I Go to Sleep

Paul Cleave is an international bestselling author who has won crime writing awards all around the world. His is a Ngaio Marsh winner, Barry Award finalist, Ned Kelly finalist, Suspense magazine best, and Saint-Maur Pocket Book Best. He is the author of Trust No One, Blood Men, and The Laughterhouse