
The House of Falling Light
R.J. Ellory(Author)
Orion (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 25. June 2026
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-3987-2405-1 (ISBN)
Description
The brand new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of A Quiet Belief in Angels
Fifteen year-old Eleanor Clewson's life of quiet rural drudgery collapses when her parents' marriage explodes into violence. Eleanor escapes across the Texas plains, where she crosses paths with a dangerous man on the run. As she flees through desolate towns and anonymous cities, Eleanor will do whatever it takes to survive - pursued throughout by Roy Haskell, a lone Texas Ranger, who is desperate to understand the truth behind her wild flight across the country.
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PRAISE FOR R.J. ELLORY
'Beautiful and haunting... A tour de force' MICHAEL CONNELLY
'Beautifully written novels that are also great mysteries' JAMES PATTERSON
'A uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer' ALAN FURST
'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'The master of the genre' CLIVE CUSSLER
Fifteen year-old Eleanor Clewson's life of quiet rural drudgery collapses when her parents' marriage explodes into violence. Eleanor escapes across the Texas plains, where she crosses paths with a dangerous man on the run. As she flees through desolate towns and anonymous cities, Eleanor will do whatever it takes to survive - pursued throughout by Roy Haskell, a lone Texas Ranger, who is desperate to understand the truth behind her wild flight across the country.
****
PRAISE FOR R.J. ELLORY
'Beautiful and haunting... A tour de force' MICHAEL CONNELLY
'Beautifully written novels that are also great mysteries' JAMES PATTERSON
'A uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer' ALAN FURST
'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'The master of the genre' CLIVE CUSSLER
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3987-2405-1 (9781398724051)
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R.J. Ellory is a critically acclaimed author whose novels include the bestselling A Quiet Belief in Angels, which was a Richard & Judy Book Club selection and won the Nouvel Observateur Crime Fiction Prize.
Ellory's novels have been translated into twenty-six languages, and he has won the USA Excellence Award for Best Mystery, the Strand Magazine Best Thriller 2009, the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for A Simple Act of Violence, the St Maur Prize, the Avignon Readers' Prize, the Livre de Poche Award and the Quebec Laureat. He has been shortlisted for a further thirteen awards in numerous countries, including four Daggers from the UK Crime Writers' Association.
To find out more visit www.rjellory.com or follow him on X @rjellory
Ellory's novels have been translated into twenty-six languages, and he has won the USA Excellence Award for Best Mystery, the Strand Magazine Best Thriller 2009, the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for A Simple Act of Violence, the St Maur Prize, the Avignon Readers' Prize, the Livre de Poche Award and the Quebec Laureat. He has been shortlisted for a further thirteen awards in numerous countries, including four Daggers from the UK Crime Writers' Association.
To find out more visit www.rjellory.com or follow him on X @rjellory