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Gripping and emotional, The Sunshine Man is a powerful story of a terrible crime and the revenge plotted over decades, set against the haunting beauty of rural Devon. From the bestselling author of The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex.

‘Luminously unsettling’ – The Observer
‘A deeply thrilling and emotionally rich page-turner’ – Lucy Clarke
‘A wholly original and immersive thriller’ – Harriet Evans

Birdie wakes to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear: Jimmy Maguire – the man who murdered her sister – is out of prison.

She sends her children to school, picks up a gun, and leaves for London with one purpose: to find Jimmy and make him pay.

But there’s another side to this story, and Birdie is about to enter a world of family lies, worn-out loyalties and long-buried betrayals . . .

Readers love The Sunshine Man:

‘A compelling tight thriller with heart’ *****
‘Hits you right between the eyes’ *****
‘Brilliantly written with twists and turns’ *****

Publisher Review

A remarkable novel – heart-wrenching, unflinching and deeply compassionate . . . thrilling, and incredibly moving. If you loved The Lamplighters, I guarantee you’ll love The Sunshine Man too — Emylia Hall, author of The Shell House Detectives Masterful. Not only suspenseful and exquisitely tense but a nuanced, humanely observed portrait of grief and trauma. A triumph — Jo Harkin, author of The Pretender The Sunshine Man is a masterful literary thriller . . . A deeply thrilling and emotionally rich page-turner. One of my books of the year — Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Castaways and One of the Girls A brilliantly accomplished story of fractured lives and the long-term reverberations of violent crime, The Sunshine Man is both poetic and fiendishly gripping. Stonex’s prose is bruising and beautiful — Rosie Walsh, author of The Man Who Didn’t Call Spellbinding and beautifully written, The Sunshine Man transcends genre. It’s an unbearably tense thriller and a nuanced examination of fractured lives, grief and trauma. Told in glittering and poetic prose with an impeccable sense of place, this is a granular exploration of big questions – revenge, love and redemption. I —ing loved it! — Nikki May, author of Wahala and This Motherless Land A compelling and masterful thriller – with a loaded gun, a car chase and a woman set on revenge – and a compassionate tale of grief, resilience, love and absolution — Susan Fletcher, author of The Night in Question This dark, compelling novel of trauma, revenge and damaged lives really got under my skin . . . The prose shines with beauty, the characters are vividly drawn and the plot hurtles headlong towards its unforgettable ending — Lucy Diamond, author of I Remember Paris Gripping, heartbreaking, and one of the most psychologically complex thrillers I’ve ever read — Caroline Lea, author of The Glass Woman Emma Stonex returns with a dark, powerful page-turner – a story full of pain and loneliness but also love and redemption. A very sophisticated and moving psychological thriller — Emily Koch, author of If I Die Before I Wake Some books grab you by the throat, others by the heart. The Sunshine Man seizes both then refuses to let go. Threaded through with a deep, unfurling sense of dread, yet dazzling in its tenderness and heart, this compelling literary thriller cements Emma Stonex’s place as one of our brightest literary talents. A masterful achievement — Hannah Richell, author of The Search Party Full of driving tension and rising dread, The Sunshine Man is compelling, moving and totally original. I’ll be thinking about it for a long time. — Kate Riordan, author of The Heat Wave Imaginative, tender and compelling, Emma Stonex’s writing glows from the page. A charged and unforgettable story — A.J. West, author of The Betrayal of Thomas True A wholly original immersive thriller with love and family at its heart, and just exquisite writing — Harriet Evans, author of The Beloved Girls A novel that stays with you long after reading, The Sunshine Man is a worthy successor to the excellent The Lamplighters . . . a compelling, tight thriller with heart — Jodie Matthews, author of Meet Me At The Surface The most moving literary thriller . . . a tense, taut masterpiece — Georgina Moore, author of River of StarsThe Twins Compelling . . . this chiller demonstrates on nearly every page the power of the written word — Kirkus Starred Review