'An unsettling, hypnotic meditation on violence and privilege' CHARLES CUMMING
'Osborne is the master of the well-made, high-class thriller' THE TIMES
'A langurous cat-and-mouse thriller' DAILY MAIL
'Osborne excels at evoking atmosphere' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
'Flawless chilling' WALL STREET JOURNAL
* A CrimeReads and i News Best Thriller Summer 2026 *
A tense, Ripley-esque novel set in glittering Istanbul for readers of John le Carr 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
