A Line in the Sand

Arman Bajalan, a former interpreter in Iraq, discovers a dead body on a beach in Virginia. He believes the murder is connected to his past and is pursued by a seasoned detective and her partner. They find themselves in a race to unravel the truth and keep Arman alive, even if it costs them everything.

Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 03 August 2023
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

From the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds comes a captivating, intelligent, and effortlessly readable novel that has been hailed as a stunning masterpiece. The Sunday Times praised it as "entertaining, intelligent, and effortlessly readable," while the New York Times declared it a "stunning novel." The Irish Times hailed it as "one of the best crime novels of the year," and the Guardian described it as a "cracking mystery." The Daily Mail praised it as "taut and enjoyable," while the Daily Telegraph called it a "kickass mystery from a superb storyteller." David Baldacci, the author of The 6:20 Man, has crafted a spellbinding and totally original thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. Philipp Meyer, the author of The Son, has delivered an early morning on a beach in Virginia. As he is taking his daily swim, Arman Bajalan, formerly an interpreter in Iraq, discovers a dead body. After surviving an assassination attempt that killed his wife and child, Arman has been given lonely sanctuary in the US. However, he knows that he is still not safe, as the murder is connected to his past. Seasoned detective Catherine Wheel and her fresh-off-the-beat partner have little to go on beyond a bus ticket in the man's pocket. It leads them to Sally Ewell, a local journalist as grief-stricken as Arman by the Iraq war, who is investigating a nefarious corporation: one on the cusp of landing a multi-billion-dollar government defence contract. As victims mount around Arman, taking the team down wrong turns and towards startling evidence, they find themselves in a race, committed to unravelling the truth and keeping Arman alive—even if it costs them everything. A Line in the Sand is a sinuous, powerful, and white-knuckle thriller that is shot through with treachery, trauma, and the long tentacles of war. It is a must-read for anyone who loves a thrilling and suspenseful story that will keep you guessing until the very end.

Weight: 588g
Dimension: 164 x 243 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399711487