In the Evil Day

✍ Scribed by Temple, Peter

• Book ID: 109290623
• Publisher: Quercus Books
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 218 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781921351204

✦ Synopsis

The Cold War is long dead but the trade in deceit and lies is still running hot. In Hamburg, John Anselm is hiding from the ghosts he has left behind in foreign war zones. He spends his days working for a surveillance firm. At night he drinks too much, paranoid about the suspicions he glimpses in the eyes of strangers. In London, Caroline Wishart calls herself an expose journalist. The story she has stumbled on could make her career - or is she playing somebody else's game? Into both their lives comes ex-mercenary Con Niemand, bearing an explosive secret, a secret with the power to topple governments and destroy them all. A powerful and compelling thriller, In the Evil Day conjures a world where information is more dangerous than explosives and secrets are more important than human life.

Review

'Another triumph for this fine writer' Daily Telegraph. 'A truly international 21st century thriller ... the characters are real, the action convincing and the writing style satisfyingly literate' Guardian. 'Sharp, smart ... this will grip you from beginning to end' Time Out. 'Many books are described as thrillers, few of them truly are. In the Evil Day is a rare exception' Sunday Express.

About the Author

Peter Temple is one of Australia's most acclaimed writers, and the only author to have won the Ned Kelly Prize five times. Truth, his ninth and most recent novel, won the 2010 Miles Franklin Award. He lives in Ballarat, Australia, with his family.