{"product_id":"9781914585463-dirt","title":"Dirt","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compulsive, searing political thriller set on a kibbutz in Northern Israel, where the discovery of the body of an Israeli-Arab worker sets off a devastating chain of events…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compulsive, searing political thriller set on a kibbutz in Northern Israel, where the discovery of the body of an Israeli-Arab worker sets off a devastating chain of events…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A first-class political thriller’ \u003cb\u003eSteve Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A bitingly sharp, pacy thriller. Devilishly good. I inhaled it’ \u003cb\u003eFreya Berry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A powerful political thriller that brims with authentic detail. Clever, compulsive and achingly atmospheric’\u003cb\u003e Kia Abdullah\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is no utopia…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1996. Northern Israel. Lola leaves an unhappy home life in England for the fabled utopian life of a kibbutz, but this heavily guarded farming community on the Arab-Israeli border isn’t the idyll it seems, and tensions are festering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hundreds of miles away, in the Jerusalem offices of the \u003ci\u003eInternational Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, all eyes are on Israel’s response to a spate of rocket attacks from Lebanon, until cub reporter Jonny Murphy gets a tip from a mysterious source that sends him straight into the danger zone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When the body of an Arab worker is discovered in the dirt of the kibbutz chicken house, it triggers a series of events that puts Lola and the whole community in jeopardy, and Jonny begins to uncover a series of secrets that put everything at risk, as he begins to realise just how far some people will go to belong…\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e –––––––––––––––––––––\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A fantastic page-turner and an intriguing look at a complex and dangerous world. Sarah Sultoon creates intelligent, memorable characters and fascinating stories’ \u003cb\u003eHolly Watt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A powerhouse writer’ \u003cb\u003eJo Spain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘An extraordinary piece of writing from a political thriller writer at the very top of her game’ \u003cb\u003eVictoria Selman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Brilliant and gripping’ \u003cb\u003eS J Watson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘An immersive and evocative political thriller that thrust me into a unique, razor-edged world, with a plot filled with tension and complexity. The narrative twists around itself, becoming increasingly claustrophobic and fraught, until it arrives at its explosive dénouement’ \u003cb\u003ePhilippa East\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Full of danger and pulsating characters’ \u003cb\u003eLouise Beech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Sarah Sultoon draws on her time spent as a journalist in the Middle East to bring northern Israel, its people, its beauty, and its complexities to life in vibrant colour in this twisting whodunnit…' \u003cb\u003eAntony Dunford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A compelling thriller that weaves a complex tale … escalating to a shocking finale' \u003cb\u003eEve Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Unsettling, riveting, gets under your skin’ \u003cb\u003ePeter Hain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Sarah Sultoon:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e **Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger**\u003cbr\u003e **WINNER of the Crime Fiction Lover Debut Thriller Award**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A brave and thought-provoking debut novel’ \u003cb\u003eAdam Hamdy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A taut and thought-provoking book that’s all the more unnerving for how much it echoes the headlines in real life’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultureFly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A tense thriller, a remarkable debut, heartbreaking, but ultimately this is a story of resilience and survival’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNB Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A powerful, compelling read that doesn’t shy away from some upsetting truths … written with such energy’ \u003cb\u003eFanny Blake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A powerful story of the brutality of front-line journalism. 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