For fans of William Boyd and WINTER IN MADRID, comes THE LONG SHADOW from Mark Mills, No. 1 bestselling author of THE SAVAGE GARDEN.
For fans of William Boyd, comes the latest from Mark Mills, No. 1 bestselling author of THE SAVAGE GARDEN. Ben Makepeace has barely thought of Jacob since school. Now Ben is in need of a backer to bankroll his latest film script. A call to billionaire Victor Sheldon is promising, but there's a surprise in store - Victor is Jacob. Ben soon discovers the roots of the past dig deep, and some can't let it go.
A sure grasp of character...An enthralling mystery, not least because the author's gift for an elegantly turned sentence is fully and generously in evidence