The last favour

The last time Victor Vart did his father a favor, it nearly cost him his career. So when his father calls again, Victor knows exactly what to say: No. Victor Vart Jr. is a police officer in Regensburg. His father is charming, persuasive, and dangerously good at making other people's problems sound harmless. Victor has fallen for it before. One small favor. One supposedly innocent intervention. One mistake that left his career hanging by a thread. Never again. Then his father calls with another problem: a seized van, a friend who needs help, and a situation that supposedly isn't what it looks like. Victor refuses to get involved. But this time, his father isn't asking for someone else. He's asking for himself. And then he says the one thing Victor doesn't believe: If you don't help me, they'll kill me. Soon after, Victor Vart Sr. is dead. Now Victor must investigate the life of a man he loved, distrusted, and finally refused to save, and discover what his father was involved in, who wanted him dead, and how far he was willing to go to survive. Every answer leads to another lie. Every lie leads closer to Victor himself. And somewhere between the father he remembers and the evidence in front of him lies a truth he may not want to find. Because the hardest question isn't whether his father was telling the truth. It's whether Victor was right to let him face the consequences alone. Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben's twisting past secrets, Michael Connelly's sharp police investigations, and the dark family suspense of Charlotte Link. The Last Favour is a psychological crime thriller about family, manipulation, loyalty, and the terrible difference between understanding someone and forgiving them. Perfect for readers who like morally complex characters, slow-burning tension, family secrets, and investigations where the most dangerous evidence is personal. His father asked for one last favor. Victor said no. This time, there would be no second chance.