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 |
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| 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 |
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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 EconomistA 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 FordThe Dying Light bowls along at a cracking pace with more twists and turns than a street map of Venice - IndependentAbout 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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