Proof of Life
The Gripping Espionage Thriller from an Award-Winning International Bestseller
Published on 5. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-4091-9857-4 (ISBN)
Description
THE GRIPPING ESPIONAGE THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNER RJ ELLORY
'Tense, atmospheric, totally belivable' The Sun
The mission was supposed to be simple.
Stroud is a former war photographer who left the frontline before his luck ran out. His closest friend and mentor, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate.
To prove his friend is dead.
When Raphael is allegedly sighted in Istanbul - six years after his death - Stroud is drawn back into a life that nearly destroyed him. So begins a journey that takes him from the Balkans to the Netherlands, from Berlin to Paris, as he hunts down the truth.
But first he'll have to prove he ever existed . . .
With his every move closely monitored by international intelligence agencies, Stroud is on the trail of a revelation that will make him question everything he has ever believed . . .
'This tense, atmospheric, totally believable thriller harks back to the golden age of espionage but is also about how well we really know our friends' THE SUN
* * * * *
PRAISE FOR RJ ELLORY
'Thriller writing of the very highest order' GUARDIAN
'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Tense, atmospheric, totally belivable' The Sun
The mission was supposed to be simple.
Stroud is a former war photographer who left the frontline before his luck ran out. His closest friend and mentor, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate.
To prove his friend is dead.
When Raphael is allegedly sighted in Istanbul - six years after his death - Stroud is drawn back into a life that nearly destroyed him. So begins a journey that takes him from the Balkans to the Netherlands, from Berlin to Paris, as he hunts down the truth.
But first he'll have to prove he ever existed . . .
With his every move closely monitored by international intelligence agencies, Stroud is on the trail of a revelation that will make him question everything he has ever believed . . .
'This tense, atmospheric, totally believable thriller harks back to the golden age of espionage but is also about how well we really know our friends' THE SUN
* * * * *
PRAISE FOR RJ ELLORY
'Thriller writing of the very highest order' GUARDIAN
'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Reviews / Votes
This tense, atmospheric, totally believable thriller harks back to the golden age of espionage but is also about how well we really know our friends. Superb. * The Sun *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
302 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4091-9857-4 (9781409198574)
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R. J. ELLORY
Proof of Life
The Gripping Espionage Thriller from an Award-Winning International Bestseller
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R.J. Ellory is the author of twenty novels published by Orion UK, and his work has been translated into twenty-six languages. He has won sixteen international literary awards including the Quebec Booksellers' Prize, the Livre De Poche Award, the Strand Magazine Novel of The Year, the Mystery Booksellers of America Award, the Inaugural Nouvel Observateur Prize, the Quebec Laureat, the Prix Du Roman Noir, the Plume d'Or for Thriller Internationale 2016, the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year, both the St. Maur and Villeneuve Readers' Prizes, the Balai d'Or 2016, and the Grand Prix des Lecteurs on two occasions. He has been shortlisted for two Barrys, the 813 Trophy, the European Du Point, and five Crime Writers' Association UK awards.
Among other projects, he is the guitarist and vocalist of The Whiskey Poets, and has recently completed the band's third album. His musical compositions have been featured in films and television programmes in more than forty countries. He has four television series and two films in pre-production, and has recently started work on the French film adaptation of A Quiet Belief in Angels.
To find out more visit www.rjellory.com or follow him on X @rjellory
Among other projects, he is the guitarist and vocalist of The Whiskey Poets, and has recently completed the band's third album. His musical compositions have been featured in films and television programmes in more than forty countries. He has four television series and two films in pre-production, and has recently started work on the French film adaptation of A Quiet Belief in Angels.
To find out more visit www.rjellory.com or follow him on X @rjellory