The Night of Knives

✍ Scribed by Jon Evans

• Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 223 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Veronica Kelly came to Africa to start her life over. Still reeling from her divorce, she is grateful when a handsome stranger invites her to join a tour to visit gorillas in Uganda's wild Impenetrable Forest. A trip that goes desperately wrong when their group is captured by brutal gunmen.

Then one tourist is executed.

And then another.

This is no random kidnapping: their abduction is only the first move in a deadly strategic game. A game in which Veronica's ex-husband is somehow involved.

Now she must embark on a wild journey across Africa to unveil a malignant conspiracy before it consumes entire nations - and hundreds of lives . . .

Review

'Scary and graphic'

(Sydney Morning Herald on THE NIGHT OF KNIVES )

'Thought-provoking . . . INVISIBLE ARMIES is an intriguing, pacy read and Mr Evans shows great potential.'

(Economist )

'THE BLOOD PRICE is knowledgeable about Balkan history, the current fragile peace maintained by NATO and the multi-billion-dollar international refugee-smuggling industry. Evans can write, too.'

(Washington Post )

'You're hooked . . . pacy thriller for the 21st century' (The Times on THE TRAIL OF THE DEAD )

'Anti-globalization versus international corporate greed . . . a fast-paced, politically engaging thriller.'

(Globe and Mail, Canada on INVISIBLE ARMIES )

'In this haunting, suspense debut, Evans takes the reader on a page-turning adventure' (Publishers Weekly on TRAIL OF THE DEAD )

'I was completely gripped.' (Emily Barr on TRAIL OF THE DEAD )

'TRAIL OF THE DEAD is engaging, disturbing, and relentless - an impressive debut novel.' (C.J. Box, award-winning author of Winterkill and Trophy Huny )

'Reading BLOOD PRICE reminded me of being a kid running down a too-steep hill, going faster and faster so that you can barely get your feet in front of you quickly enough to stop, loving every second of it. You can't stop. You don't want to stop . . . I wanted to keep reading to find out what the hell happened next.' (Quill & Quire )

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From the Publisher

Jon Evans' novels are extraordinary. Time and again news stories come out well after the book has been typeset that encroach dangerously on what we thought was fiction. Congolese militia have taken the war into the jungle habitats of mountain gorillas. Coltan production is an international scandal. Cyber-thieves are making a fortune diverting funds from banks on the internet. Evans has the knowledge of new technologies and current affairs and the imagination to make realistic predictions. His thrillers are uniquely exhilarating, gripping and often terrifying.

Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780340896105