{"product_id":"the-sunshine-man-isbn-9781984882189","title":"The Sunshine Man","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The week I shot a man clean through the head began like any other . . .”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA taut, electrifying thriller about a woman determined to avenge her sister’s murder—and the killer who must confront his own ghosts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirdie Keller wakes one freezing January morning to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. She leaves for London with a pistol and a plan: to find this man and make him pay. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut every story has two sides. Jimmy can sense he’s being hunted. He knew Birdie a long time ago, in a life she’d sooner forget, and he isn’t the only one with something to hide. As the two circle each other in a heart-stopping game of cat and mouse, they plunge into a murky world of family secrets, betrayals, and unsolved mysteries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tense, spellbinding page-turner, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunshine Man \u003c\/i\u003etwists its way through the web of lives left shattered after a terrible crime and crafts an unforgettable tale of loss and revenge.“An ambitious revenge thriller . . . What makes this thought-provoking book well worth the read is the delicate and perceptive chronicling of how good intentions, childhood misunderstandings, throwaway comments and split-second decisions can pave the way for disaster.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A brilliantly accomplished story of fractured lives and the long-term reverberations of violent crime, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunshine Man\u003c\/i\u003e is both poetic and fiendishly gripping. Stonex’s prose is bruising and beautiful.” \u003cb\u003e—Rosie Walsh, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Love of My Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Sunshine Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful literary thriller . . . One of my books of the year.” \u003cb\u003e—Lucy Clarke, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Castaways\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne of the Girls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Masterful. Not only suspenseful and exquisitely tense but a nuanced, humanely observed portrait of grief and trauma. A triumph.” \u003cb\u003e—Jo Harkin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pretender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eA remarkable novel\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eheart-wrenching, unflinching, and deeply compassionate . . . thrilling and incredibly moving. If you loved \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighters\u003c\/i\u003e, I guarantee you’ll love \u003ci\u003eThe Sunshine Man\u003c\/i\u003e too.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —\u003c\/i\u003eEmylia Hall, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shell House Detectives\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[Has] the best opening line of a novel this year . . . Stonex’s parallel narratives make it a suspenseful read, with two main characters who are compellingly flawed.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —The Minnesota Star Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A raw, gritty psychological thriller that will leave readers breathless.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Compelling . . . this chiller demonstrates on nearly every page the power of the written word.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Stonex \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighters\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and has been translated into twenty-five languages. Before becoming a writer, she worked as an editor at a major publishing house. She lives in Bristol with her family.","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233751478501,"sku":"NP9781984882189","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781984882189.jpg?v=1767741741","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-sunshine-man-isbn-9781984882189","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}