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A Traitor in the Family
Nicholas Searle
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Paperback.
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GOOD LIAR, SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM 'Unbearably tense' Daily Telegraph 'While her husband prepared to murder a young man he had never met, Bridget O'Neill completed her packing for Christmas with her in-laws.' Francis O'Neill is a terrorist, trained to kill for his cause. Bridget is his wife, expected to be loyal and stand by her husband. She has learned not to hope for much more, until the day she glimpses, for the first time, the chance of a new life. A life without violence, without secrets, and without knocks on the door in the dead of night. A life without her husband. But what if freedom for Bridget means grave danger for Francis? In A Traitor in the Family, bestselling author, Nicholas Searle, tells a story of shocking, intimate betrayal. Can a treacherous act of the most personal kind ever be, in this darkly violent world, an act of mercy? 'It reminded me strongly of John le Carre ... this is high praise' Daily Mail The Good Liar was excellent ... this is even better' Sunday Express
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241979907
SKU
9780241979907
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About Nicholas Searle
Nicholas Searle is the author of three novels. His first novel, The Good Liar, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger for the best debut crime novel. Before becoming a writer, Nicholas worked in British intelligence for more than twenty-five years. He lives in Yorkshire.
Reviews for A Traitor in the Family
Nicholas Searle drew on his own background in intelligence to portray an IRA terrorist and his wife forced into different types of betrayal
Daily Mail Books of the Year
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
Daily 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
Daily Mail
Daily Mail Books of the Year
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
Daily 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
Daily Mail