When an adulterous affair is revealed, a devious mind begins to construct the perfect, flawless crime. No loose ends. Everything considered: motive, means, opportunity, evidence, suspects, alibis. The perpetrator must remain an invisible presence, seeing the plot through to its chilling conclusion, manipulating the players like chess pieces in an intricate, deadly game. The unfaithful wife, the cheating lover, the loyal friend, the jealous husband, the ultimate act of revenge. In Peter Abrahams's new thriller, four lives hang in precarious balance - as a cunning mastermind prepares their roles in A Perfect Crime.