The Dying Light, 9781787479470
Paperback
Dead man’s secrets ignite a chilling fight against state power.

The Dying Light

terrifyingly plausible surveillance thriller from an espionage master

  • Paperback

    496 pages

  • Release Date

    27 May 2019

Summary

The Dying Light: A Surveillance Thriller

A chilling police surveillance thriller from ‘one of the masters of the genre’ *Sunday Telegraph*

At the funeral, the bells of the church were rung open rather than half-muffled, as is usual for the dead. Kate Lockhart has come, along with corporate leaders, ministers and intelligence chiefs, to a beautiful town in the Welsh Marches to mourn her soul mate, David Eyam, the brightest government servant of his generation…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781787479470
ISBN-10:1787479471
Author:Henry Porter
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:Quercus Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:496
Release Date:27 May 2019
Weight:344g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 33mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

This is a rare book - a real page turner and profoundly important - John Humphrys

For those who like political thrillers, this is one of the season’s best: scary, informative and, alas, eminently believable - The Economist

A wonderful novel. I read it addictively and was sorry the minute it was over. It’s way too good to be called a thriller - Richard Ford

The Dying Light bowls along at a cracking pace with more twists and turns than a street map of Venice - Independent

About The Author

Henry Porter

Henry Porter was a regular columnist for the Observer and now writes about European power and politics for The Hive website in the US. He has written several bestselling thrillers, including Brandenburg, which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, A Spy’s Life and Empire State, which were both nominated for the same award. He is also the author of the Paul Samson spy thrillers: Firefly, which won the 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and White Hot Silence. Henry Porter is frequently described as the heir to John le Carre. He lives in London.

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