The Sunshine Man

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A remarkable novel - heart-wrenching, unflinching and deeply compassionate . . . thrilling, and incredibly moving. If you loved The Lamplighters, I guarantee you'll love The Sunshine Man too -- Emylia Hall, author of <i>The Shell House Detectives</i> Masterful. Not only suspenseful and exquisitely tense but a nuanced, humanely observed portrait of grief and trauma. A triumph -- Jo Harkin, author of <i>The Pretender</i> The Sunshine Man is a masterful literary thriller . . . A deeply thrilling and emotionally rich page-turner. One of my books of the year -- Lucy Clarke, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Castaways</i> and <i>One of the Girls</i> A brilliantly accomplished story of fractured lives and the long-term reverberations of violent crime, The Sunshine Man is both poetic and fiendishly gripping. Stonex's prose is bruising and beautiful -- Rosie Walsh, author of <i>The Man Who Didn't Call</i> Spellbinding and beautifully written, The Sunshine Man transcends genre. It's an unbearably tense thriller and a nuanced examination of fractured lives, grief and trauma. Told in glittering and poetic prose with an impeccable sense of place, this is a granular exploration of big questions - revenge, love and redemption. I ---ing loved it! -- Nikki May, author of <i>Wahala</i> and <i>This Motherless Land</i> A compelling and masterful thriller - with a loaded gun, a car chase and a woman set on revenge - and a compassionate tale of grief, resilience, love and absolution -- Susan Fletcher, author of <i>The Night in Question<i/> This dark, compelling novel of trauma, revenge and damaged lives really got under my skin . . . The prose shines with beauty, the characters are vividly drawn and the plot hurtles headlong towards its unforgettable ending -- Lucy Diamond, author of <i>I Remember Paris</i> Gripping, heartbreaking, and one of the most psychologically complex thrillers I've ever read -- Caroline Lea, author of <i>The Glass Woman</i> Emma Stonex returns with a dark, powerful page-turner - a story full of pain and loneliness but also love and redemption. A very sophisticated and moving psychological thriller -- Emily Koch, author of <i>If I Die Before I Wake</i> Some books grab you by the throat, others by the heart. The Sunshine Man seizes both then refuses to let go. Threaded through with a deep, unfurling sense of dread, yet dazzling in its tenderness and heart, this compelling literary thriller cements Emma Stonex's place as one of our brightest literary talents. A masterful achievement -- Hannah Richell, author of <i>The Search Party</i> Full of driving tension and rising dread, The Sunshine Man is compelling, moving and totally original. I'll be thinking about it for a long time. -- Kate Riordan, author of <i>The Heat Wave</i> Imaginative, tender and compelling, Emma Stonex's writing glows from the page. A charged and unforgettable story -- A.J. West, author of <i>The Betrayal of Thomas True</i> A wholly original immersive thriller with love and family at its heart, and just exquisite writing -- Harriet Evans, author of <i>The Beloved Girls<i/> A novel that stays with you long after reading, The Sunshine Man is a worthy successor to the excellent The Lamplighters . . . a compelling, tight thriller with heart -- Jodie Matthews, author of <i>Meet Me At The Surface<i/> The most moving literary thriller . . . a tense, taut masterpiece -- Georgina Moore, author of <i>River of Stars</> A novel that is tender, and wild, with characters that will move and surprise. This is a book about revenge, but it runs so much deeper - Stonex explores the complexities of the human heart and mind with compassion and empathy. It will stay with me for a long time -- L. V. Matthews, author of <i>The Twins<i/i> Stonex is out to stir the reader's social conscience as well as set pulses racing . . . [a] twisty thriller . . . luminously unsettling * The Observer * An ambitious revenge thriller that takes the reader on a journey from London to Devon . . . what makes this thought-provoking book well worth the read is the delicate and perceptive chronicling of how good intentions, childhood misunderstandings, throwaway comments and split-second decisions can pave the way for disaster. * The Guardian *