Children of Wolves

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

Children of Wolves is the most arresting book yet by a master of contemporary fiction. An entirely original voice, Lawrence Osborne has perfected a new genre: the novel of suspense that illuminates our current condition. Revealing the feral creature that lies beneath civilized humanity, he shows how uncertainty and suspicion have become part of the way we live. Read the first page, and you will be hooked to the end.

John Gray, author of Straw Dogs

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  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • ISBN: 9781529963144
  • Length: 240 pages
  • Price: £10.99
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