Nicholas Searle drew on his own background in intelligence to portray an IRA terrorist and his wife forced into different types of betrayal
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Searle shows a gift for complex plotting
Daily Telegraph on 'The Good Liar' An incredibly dark, taut thriller... Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carre
... Read moreDaily Express on 'The Good Liar' Added to the fiendishly clever plot, Searle's writing is both drily amusing and elegantly crafted. An absolute treat of a book
Daily Mail on 'The Good Liar' A part-thriller, part-human condition novel that packs a tremendous punch
Financial Times on 'The Good Liar' A taut, compulsive thriller with a dark, intriguing heart. A Mr Ripley for our time
Jonathan Freedland on 'The Good Liar' This is one of those thrillers whose thrills come not just from a fast-paced plot, but also from the fact that we're being given privileged access to a hidden world
Reader's Digest
Morally chewy and unbearably tense
Daily Telegraph
The Good Liar was excellent but this book feels more personal and is even better
Sunday Express
[A] tale of sordid compromises and agonising choices ... beneath the betrayals and violence Searle's antihero's dilemma unleashes lies a moral message: even the hardest heart is made vulnerable by love'
Observer
The follow-up to Searle's acclaimed 2015 debut The Good Liar, and the technical aspects of thriller writing are well handled as the tension builds on both sides
Guardian
Unbearably tense... this is a snapshot of the real world from a man who has lived it
Daily Telegraph
In its subtlety it reminded me strongly of John le Carre's wonderful A Small Town in Germany, which also brought home the delicate confusions that lie at the heart of those who work in the shadow of treachery. This is high praise
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