Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of A Traitor in the Family by Nicholas Searle, read by Ciaran McMenamin and Lisa Hogg.
'While her husband prepared to murder a young man he had never met, Bridget O'Neill completed her packing for Christmas with her in-laws.'
Francis O'Neill is a terrorist, trained to kill for his cause. Bridget is his wife, expected to be loyal and stand by her husband. She has learned not to hope for much more, until the day she glimpses, for the first time, the chance of a new life. A life without violence, without secrets, and without knocks on the door in the dead of night. A life without her husband.
But what if freedom for Bridget means grave danger for Francis?
In A Traitor in the Family, bestselling author, Nicholas Searle, tells a story of shocking, intimate betrayal. Can a treacherous act of the most personal kind ever be, in this darkly violent world, an act of mercy?
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 06/04/2017
ISBN: 9780241980996
Length: 600 Minutes
RRP: £11.00
A taut, compulsive thriller with a dark, intriguing heart. A Mr Ripley for our time
A part-thriller, part-human condition novel that packs a tremendous punch
Added to the fiendishly clever plot, Searle's writing is both drily amusing and elegantly crafted. An absolute treat of a book
An incredibly dark, taut thriller... Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carré
Searle shows a gift for complex plotting