Andrew Hunter Murray

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “ boldly imagined and beautifully written — the best future-shock thriller for years.” — LEE CHILD A visionary and powerful debut thriller set in a terrifyingly plausible dystopian near-future—with clear parallels to today's headlines—in which the future of humanity lies in the hands of one woman, a scientist who has stumbled upon a secret that the government will go to any lengths to keep hidden. A world half in darkness. A secret she must bring to light. It is 2059 and the world has crashed. Forty years ago, a solar catastrophe began to slow the planet's rotation to a stop. Now one half of the globe is permanently sunlit, the other half trapped in an endless night. The United States has colonized the southern half of Great Britain—lucky enough to find itself in the narrow habitable region left between frozen darkness and scorching sunlight—where both nations have managed to survive the ensuing chaos by isolating themselves from the rest of the world. Ellen Hopper is a scientist living on a frostbitten rig in the cold Atlantic. She wants nothing more to do with her country after its slide into casual violence and brutal authoritarianism. Yet when two government officials arrive, demanding she return to London to see her dying college mentor, she accepts—and begins to unravel a secret that threatens not only the nation's fragile balance, but the future of the whole human race. “ A tantalizing, suspenseful odyssey of frustration, deceit, treachery, torture, hope, despair, and ingenious sleuthing . . . Murray has so thoroughly thought through the ramifications of his conceit and conjured up such a dramatic plot and stellar cast of characters that he might have set a new standard for such tales. ” — The Washington Post

In a disintegrating and lawless near-future, a young man journeys north to a mysterious island owned by one of the world's wealthiest men--and finds an entire new civilization waiting for him. Ben is a painter from the crowded, turbulent city. For six months his fiancée, Cara, has been working on the remote island of Sanctuary Rock, the private estate of millionaire philanthropist Sir John Pemberley. Now she has decided to break off their engagement and stay there for good. Ben travels to the island to try and win Cara back. After an arduous journey, he finds himself compelled to stay. But as Ben begins to traverse Pemberley's kingdom, he begins to uncover the truth of the apparently perfect society the enigmatic Sir John is building. Is Sanctuary Rock truly a second Eden, as he claims--or a previously undiscovered level of hell?

One perfect house. One dead body. One bad day. There are thousands and thousands of decent homes - very nice homes - with nobody living in them. There are thousands and thousands of broke young people - very nice young people - with nowhere decent to live. This is where Al comes in. Al lives in wealthy people's second houses when the real owners are away. He's charming, convincing and easily lost in a crowd. Life is perfect. But unfortunately for him, Al and his friends have just broken into the wrong place, on the wrong day - and found a body. And now they're in a whole heap of trouble. Featuring crooked builders, dodgy coppers and some very dangerous spies, A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering is a gripping thriller about what it's like to be young, skilled, unemployed - and on the run. __________ Love for The Sanctuary ... 'Imaginative and intriguing ... Andrew Hunter Murray is a young writer to watch.' Anthony Horowitz 'Absolutely brilliant. I'm thinking it needs to be made into a movie!' Zoe Ball 'Gripping, unsettling and original. Andrew Hunter Murray is a fabulous storyteller.' Tim Harford 'Rich in imagination and stylishly written ... Totally absorbing.' Paul Burke, Crime Time FM