The Sunshine Man

A brilliantly accomplished story of fractured lives and the long-term reverberations of violent crime, The Sunshine Man is both poetic and fiendishly gripping. Stonex's prose is bruising and beautiful

Rosie Walsh, author of The Man Who Didn't Call

Spellbinding and beautifully written, The Sunshine Man transcends genre. It’s an unbearably tense thriller and a nuanced examination of fractured lives, grief and trauma. Told in glittering and poetic prose with an impeccable sense of place, this is a granular exploration of big questions – revenge, love and redemption. I –––ing loved it!

Nikki May, author of Wahala and This Motherless Land

A compelling and masterful thriller - with a loaded gun, a car chase and a woman set on revenge - and a compassionate tale of grief, resilience, love and absolution

Susan Fletcher, author of The Night in Question

This dark, compelling novel of trauma, revenge and damaged lives really got under my skin . . . The prose shines with beauty, the characters are vividly drawn and the plot hurtles headlong towards its unforgettable ending

Lucy Diamond, author of I Remember Paris

Gripping, heartbreaking, and one of the most psychologically complex thrillers I've ever read

Caroline Lea, author of The Glass Woman

Emma Stonex returns with a dark, powerful page-turner - a story full of pain and loneliness but also love and redemption. A very sophisticated and moving psychological thriller

Emily Koch, author of If I Die Before I Wake

Some books grab you by the throat, others by the heart. The Sunshine Man seizes both then refuses to let go. Threaded through with a deep, unfurling sense of dread, yet dazzling in its tenderness and heart, this compelling literary thriller cements Emma Stonex's place as one of our brightest literary talents. A masterful achievement

Hannah Richell, author of The Search Party

Full of driving tension and rising dread, The Sunshine Man is compelling, moving and totally original. I'll be thinking about it for a long time.

Kate Riordan, author of The Heat Wave

Imaginative, tender and compelling, Emma Stonex's writing glows from the page. A charged and unforgettable story

A.J. West, author of The Betrayal of Thomas True

A wholly original immersive thriller with love and family at its heart, and just exquisite writing

Harriet Evans, author of The Beloved Girls

A novel that stays with you long after reading, The Sunshine Man is a worthy successor to the excellent The Lamplighters . . . a compelling, tight thriller with heart

Jodie Matthews, author of Meet Me At The Surface

The most moving literary thriller . . . a tense, taut masterpiece

Georgina Moore, author of River of Stars

A novel that is tender, and wild, with characters that will move and surprise. This is a book about revenge, but it runs so much deeper - Stonex explores the complexities of the human heart and mind with compassion and empathy. It will stay with me for a long time

L. V. Matthews, author of The Twins

Stonex is out to stir the reader's social conscience as well as set pulses racing . . . [a] twisty thriller . . . luminously unsettling

The Observer

An ambitious revenge thriller that takes the reader on a journey from London to Devon . . . 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.

The Guardian