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 honour 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...

You shouldn't miss Paul Cleave's newest and best thriller yet!

Fans of Paul Cleave agree about his writing:

"Readers following him through this season of Breaking Bad reworked by the Coen Brothers will feel the whole gamut right along with him."-- Kirkus

"[He] juggles all the elements with impressive ease. Darkly humorous references to horrific violence will resonate with Dexter fans."- Publishers Weekly - Starred Review

"Tense, thrilling, touching. Paul Cleave is very good indeed." -- John Connolly, NYT bestselling author

"A riveting and all too realistic thriller. Cleave is a writer to watch."- Tess Gerritsen, NYT bestselling author


About the Author
Paul Cleave is currently dividing his time between his home city of Christchurch, New Zealand, where all of his novels are set, and Europe, where none of his novels are set. His novels have so far been translated into 20 languages. He has won the Saint-Maur book festival's crime novel of the year, has been shortlisted for the Ned Kelly award, the Edgar Award, the Barry Award, and has won the Ngaio Marsh award three times for NZ crime fiction.

On top of praise from the press -"the next Stephen King," "uses words as lethal weapons," "a writer to watch," and "a rising star in the genre" - Cleave numbers among his fans top crime and thriller writers.

-Mark Billingham wrote: "Most people come back from New Zealand talking about the breathtaking scenery and the amazing experiences. I came back raving about Paul Cleave."
-John Connolly said that in Paul Cleave 'Jim Thompson has another worthy heir to his throne". -
-The Lab's John Heath calls Cleave's writing "uncompromising, unpredictable, and enthralling."
-Simon Kernick said "Cleave writes the kind of dark, intense thrillers that I never like to finish. Do yourself a favour and check him out."
-S.J Watson said "An intense adrenalin rush from start to finish. It'll have you up all night. Fantastic!"
-Tess Gerritsen described his book as "A riveting and all too realistic thriller" and called him "a writer to watch."

Don't miss any of his novels - The Cleaner, The Killing Hour, Cemetery Lake, Blood Men, Collecting Cooper, The Laughterhouse, Joe Victim, Five Minutes Alone, Trust No One, A Killer Harvest, and Whatever it Takes. You can follow him on his website, Paulcleave.com.