{"product_id":"9781912374137-absolution","title":"Absolution","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker is witness to the murders of a family he has befriended, and his lover’s husband and son disappear, his investigations take him to the darkest places he could ever have imagined … The stunning fourth instalment in the critically acclaimed Claymore Straker series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker is witness to the murders of a family he has befriended, and his lover’s husband and son disappear, his investigations take him to the darkest places he could ever have imagined … The stunning fourth instalment in the critically acclaimed Claymore Straker series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A stormer of a thriller – vividly written, utterly tropical, totally gripping’ \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A fast-paced action thriller, beautifully written’ \u003cb\u003eTim Marshall, author of \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Hardisty is a fine writer and Straker is a great lead character’ \u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s 1997, and eight months since vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker fled South Africa after his explosive testimony to Desmond Tutu’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Paris, Rania LaTour, Claymore’s former lover, comes home to find that her son and her husband, a celebrated human rights lawyer, have disappeared. On an isolated island off the coast of East Africa, the family that Clay has befriended is murdered as he watches. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins the fourth instalment in the Claymore Straker series, a breakneck journey through the darkest reaches of the human soul, as Clay and Rania fight to uncover the mystery behind the disappearances and murders, and find those responsible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt times brutal, often lyrical, but always gripping, \u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a thriller that will leave you breathless and questioning the very basis of how we live and why we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Paul E. Hardisty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A trenchant and engaging thriller that unravels this mysterious land in cool, precise sentences’ \u003cb\u003eStav Sherez, \u003ci\u003eCatholic Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a remarkably well-written, sophisticated novel in which the people and places, as well as frequent scenes of violent action, all come alive on the page.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Gripping and exciting … the quality of Hardisty’s writing and the underlying truth of his plots sets this above many other thrillers’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Searing … at times achieves the level of genuine poetry’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Beautifully written, blisteringly authentic, heart-stoppingly tense and unusually moving’ \u003cb\u003ePaul Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The plot burns through petrol, with multiple twists and turns’ \u003cb\u003eVicky Newham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535849103734,"sku":"9781912374137","price":7.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39014900.jpg?v=1774283368","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781912374137-absolution","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}