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Children of Wolves

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A tense, Ripley-esque novel set in glittering Istanbul for readers of John le Carré and Patricia Highsmith

At the Mexican border, Diana ditches her car and jumps on a bus. Adam walks out of his Athens hotel with just his passport and credit cards. Marco abandons his life in London, leaving no note. At an idyllic spot on the Turkish Riviera, their comrade Chana waits for them.

Also waiting there is Tyler, a private investigator hired by an American billionaire to find his wayward, troubled daughter.

Once the five meet, a train of events is set in motion that will play out along this glittering coast, in the backstreets and renovated palaces of Istanbul and all the way to Cairo. A clash of generations, civilisations and ideologies that will test the young friends’ theory that a handful of collaborators can tilt the axis of the world through a single, striking act.

'An unsettling, hypnotic meditation on violence and privilege' Charles Cumming

© Lawrence Osborne 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

Critics Review

Lawrence Osborne is the master of well-made, high-class thrillers... good on the nowhereness of places where rich and poor collide, and the unbridgeable gulfs that remain between them
The Times
Osborne is, for me, the most atmospheric of working suspense writers... Absolutely sensational
CrimeReads, The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of August 2026
Osborne excels at evoking atmosphere… a disturbing and melancholic meditation on wealth, alienation and political violence
Times Literary Supplement
A tangle of sexual scheming, familial tensions and international terrorism... an atmospheric and entertaining page-turner
Financial Times
An unsettling, hypnotic meditation on violence and privilege. Osborne is an unsung master of the literate, thought-provoking thriller
Charles Cumming, author of THE TRINITY SIX
Osborne’s most menacing novel yet... Osborne paints such a gorgeous picture of louche, jet-set Istanbul, you almost forget to watch your back
Christopher Bollen, author of HAVOC
Osborne continues to push his brand of haunted escapism into strange, new places... In Children of Wolves, Osborne stays a comfortable step ahead of writers half his age
Joseph Knox, author of IMPOSTER SYNDROME
A seductive cat and mouse... at once a labyrinthine thriller, set on dusky back streets and the terraces of five-star hotels, and an interrogation of privilege and (the performance of) politics
Rob Franklin, author of GREAT BLACK HOPE
Children of Wolves confirms Lawrence Osborne as one of the most intelligently entertaining writers around... a superb addition to his canon
James Lasdun, author of THE FALL GUY
The most arresting book yet by a master of contemporary fiction... Read the first page, and you will be hooked to the end
John Gray, author of STRAW DOGS
Author Lawrence Osborne
Narrator Rupert Penry-Jones
Duration 6 hours and 31 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529974843
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Modern and contemporary fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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