A Traitor in the Family

In its subtlety it reminded me strongly of John le Carre's wonderful A Small Town in Germany, which also brought home the delicate confusions that lie at the heart of those who work in the shadow of treachery. This is high praise * Daily Mail * Unbearably tense... this is a snapshot of the real world from a man who has lived it * Daily Telegraph * The follow-up to Searle's acclaimed 2015 debut The Good Liar, and the technical aspects of thriller writing are well handled as the tension builds on both sides * Guardian * [A] tale of sordid compromises and agonising choices ... beneath the betrayals and violence Searle's antihero's dilemma unleashes lies a moral message: even the hardest heart is made vulnerable by love' * Observer * The Good Liar was excellent but this book feels more personal and is even better * Sunday Express * Morally chewy and unbearably tense * Daily Telegraph * This is one of those thrillers whose thrills come not just from a fast-paced plot, but also from the fact that we're being given privileged access to a hidden world * Reader's Digest * A taut, compulsive thriller with a dark, intriguing heart. A Mr Ripley for our time -- Jonathan Freedland on 'The Good Liar' A part-thriller, part-human condition novel that packs a tremendous punch -- Financial Times on 'The Good Liar' Added to the fiendishly clever plot, Searle's writing is both drily amusing and elegantly crafted. An absolute treat of a book -- Daily Mail on 'The Good Liar' An incredibly dark, taut thriller... Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carre -- Daily Express on 'The Good Liar' Searle shows a gift for complex plotting -- Daily Telegraph on 'The Good Liar' Nicholas Searle drew on his own background in intelligence to portray an IRA terrorist and his wife forced into different types of betrayal * Daily Mail Books of the Year *

Nicholas Searle is the author of three novels. His first novel, The Good Liar, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger for the best debut crime novel. Before becoming a writer, Nicholas worked in British intelligence for more than twenty-five years. He lives in Yorkshire.