Light Shining in the Forest

A grippingly dark thriller…Great writing from a master storyteller – Viv Groskop * RED MAGAZINE *Torday has blended some excellent social satire and even a dollop of the supernatural…this is an excellent mash-up, well-written, well-crafted and constantly gripping * DAILY MAIL *A great story, and very dark in places * ESSENTIALS MAGAZINE *A disquieting and atmospheric psychological novel * DAILY EXPRESS *An unsettling, haunting story…Torday has created some strong characters in this memorable, atmospheric and tense novel…His prose is controlled, elegant and measured and his totally unexpected conclusion is very powerful * THE LADY *A well-crafted novel…there is momentum, and there is excitement * SPECTATOR *We move from comedy, through pain, to a greater mystery than the mystery with which, on the ordinary level of crime and detection, the author has gripped us * THE SCOTSMAN *Tautly written, the tone acid and angry * EVENING STANDARD *Torday’s exploration of human anguish and pain, interspersed with the dark haunting rural environment, provides the template, while his biting social comment showcases a writer at the very top of his game * YORKSHIRE POST *This is a terrific read in Mr Torday’s simple and effective prose style, which should alert us all to what is happening in Britain * COUNTRY LIFE *

Paul Torday was born in 1946 and read English Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford. He spent the next 30 years working in industry, after which he scaled back his business responsibilities to fulfil a long-harboured ambition - to write. He burst on to the literary scene in 2006 with SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN. He is married with two sons by a previous marriage, has two stepsons, and lives close to the River North Tyne.