'An unsettling, hypnotic meditation on violence and privilege' Charles Cumming

A tense, Ripley-esque novel set in glittering Istanbul for readers of John le Carré and Patricia Highsmith

At the Mexican border, Diana ditches her car and jumps on a bus. Adam walks out of his Athens hotel with just his passport and credit cards. Marco abandons his life in London, leaving no note. At an idyllic spot on the Turkish Riviera, their comrade Chana waits for them.

Also waiting there is Tyler, a private investigator hired by an American billionaire to find his wayward, troubled daughter.

Once the five meet, a train of events is set in motion that will play out along this glittering coast, in the backstreets and renovated palaces of Istanbul and all the way to Cairo. A clash of generations, civilisations and ideologies that will test the young friends’ theory that a handful of collaborators can tilt the axis of the world through a single, striking act.

Praise for Lawrence Osborne

‘A modern Graham Greene’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Arresting and compelling’ JOHN GRAY
‘Osborne goes from strength to strength’ LIONEL SHRIVER
‘Osborne handles surface and depth with immense skill, as only great writers can’ DEBORAH LEVY
‘If the purpose of a novel is to take you away from the everyday and show you something different, then Osborne is succeeding, and handsomely’ LEE CHILD

"Osborne excels at evoking atmosphere… a disturbing and melancholic meditation on wealth, alienation and political violence" - Times Literary Supplement

"A tangle of sexual scheming, familial tensions and international terrorism... an atmospheric and entertaining page-turner" - Financial Times

"A quietly gripping novel that begs for a sequel" - Kirkus, *starred review*

"A dual homage to Patricia Highsmith and Graham Greene" - Booklist