Book description
A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MOTHERING SUNDAY AND LAST ORDERS, and reissued for the first time on the Scribner list, The Light of Day is both a gripping crime story and a remarkable love story.
On a cold but dazzling November morning…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Light of Day as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I found the quest for redemption as mesmerizing as the search for the killer.
The concept that one may achieve absolution by righting a wrong unrelated to one’s initial failure is both intriguing and memorable. Plus, the author’s ability to explore inner demons without slowing the overall external hunt is impressive.
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This is a novel about choices. How would you have chosen to act during the Second World War if your country had been invaded and occupied by a brutal enemy determined to isolate and murder a whole community?
That’s the situation facing an ordinary family man with two children, a…
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