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The gripping political thriller from a prizewinning author
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Beschreibung des Verlags
In a world of lies, proof is power. John Dyer must take on a deadly political conspiracy in order to bring his friend's killer to justice in this gripping thriller by an award-winning writer.
‘An addictive page-turner’ Charles Beaumont
Forty years ago four university friends in Michigan witnessed a terrible crime that went unpunished. John Dyer has done his best to forget that day but when two of the group die in suspicious circumstances his journalistic instincts push him to investigate. Why, after all this time, they are being silenced?
Little does Dyer know that he is walking into a dangerous political conspiracy. When you’re up against a presidential candidate and his operatives, and you can’t trust anything you’re told, how will Dyer find the proof he needs?
'Superbly written, with atmosphere, intelligence and tension, it reminds you of the best of Graham Greene. There can be no higher praise' Daily Mail
‘A terrific novel’ Literary Review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Shakespeare's shrewd fourth thriller featuring former British journalist John Dyer (after The Sandpit), the death of Dyer's old friend has international implications. At the outset, Dyer is in Tasmania hoping to finish a manuscript. His dreams of tranquility are dashed when photographer Miguel Girondo de Belew, a friend from grad school, approaches him with bad news: their mutual acquaintance, Lia Bignardi, has been killed in a hit-and-run that her sister, Nova, thinks was intentional. Though Dyer hasn't been in touch with Lia for decades ("He felt only a collection of overlapping memories, he could not assemble her face"), he's moved to look into Nova's suspicions. What he finds makes him suspect that Lia's death is connected to a crime he witnessed decades earlier, committed by a man who has since gained powerful political allies across the world. By investigating, Dyer knows he is putting a target on his own back. Shakespeare doles out backstory gradually, but the slow burn pays off in the end, and vibrant prose ("The wind gnawing the clouds, the pulse beating in his head, the shivery coincidence") is a plus. This is a winner.
