Five Decembers

Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story. It is set in 1941, during World War II, and follows police detective Joe McGrady as he investigates a homicide that will take him across the Pacific. The novel is a story of survival against all odds, of love and loss, and the human cost of war. It was nominated for the 2022 Barry Awards and the 2021 Hammett Prize.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 18 October 2022
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as unforgettable as All the Light We Cannot See. It is set in December 1941, when America teeters on the brink of war and police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. The trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves, and though the U.S. doesn't know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor.

This extraordinary novel is so much more than just a gripping crime story; it is a story of survival against all odds, of love and loss, and the human cost of war. Spanning the entirety of World War II, Five Decembers is a beautiful, masterful, and powerful novel that will live in your memory forever.

The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase. -New York Times

Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as unforgettable as All the Light We Cannot See. It is nominated for Best Thriller in the 2022 Barry Awards and Finalist for the Hammett Prize 2021.

Read this book for its palpitating story, its perfect emotional and physical detailing, and, most of all, for its unforgettable conjuring of a steamy quicksilver world that will be new to almost every reader. - Pico Iyer

December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. Because the trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves, and though the U.S. doesn't know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor.

This extraordinary novel is so much more than just a gripping crime story; it is a story of survival against all odds, of love and loss, and the human cost of war. Spanning the entirety of World War II, Five Decembers is a beautiful, masterful, and powerful novel that will live in your memory forever.

Weight: 369g
Dimension: 198 x 130 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789098679