A riveting crime thriller from a New York Times bestselling author.Mathew Sedley returns home to his isolated cottage to find a dollhouse in his hallway. It’s a perfect replica of his home – inside and out – except that this dollhouse has a miniature figure of a woman lying in a pool of blood on the spare bedroom floor.A sadistic serial killer is terrorising rural Somerset. Each murder is heralded by the discovery of a dollhouse, an exact replica of the place where the body will be found. And every dollhouse is discovered by the same person – Mathew Sedley.The police are convinced he’s involved in the killings. He may have an alibi for the first murder, but he also has history. Mathew Sedley is not someone to be trusted. The only person who appears to believe in him is Lauren, an out-of-work actress with a passing relationship with the truth. She inserts herself into Mathew’s life, saying she’s going to help him prove his innocence, but she seems as interested in publicity as she is in detection.Is Mathew Sedley a killer, a scapegoat, or the final victim?Serial killers, amateur sleuths, and a page-turning plot of twists and lies.