The Sunshine Man
- Author Emma Stonex
- Narrator Meg Salter, Edward Rowe
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Run Time 9 hours
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Family life fiction, Fiction and Related items, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
‘The week I shot a man clean through the head began like any other . . .’
From Emma Stonex, the bestselling author of The Lamplighters, comes The Sunshine Man, a gripping revenge thriller that will leave you breathless.
'A compelling tight thriller with heart' *****
'Hits you right between the eyes' *****
'Brilliantly written with twists and turns' *****
In January 1989, Birdie wakes to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. Birdie sends her kids to school and then leaves for London with a gun and a plan: to find Jimmy and make him pay.
But there’s another side to the story, and Birdie is about to enter a world of family lies, worn-out loyalties and long-buried betrayals . . .
A heart-stopping novel of shared pasts and a fury-fuelled present, The Sunshine Man is an addictive page-turner set against the sweeping hills of rural Devon, from bestselling author Emma Stonex.
'A deeply thrilling and emotionally rich page-turner' - Lucy Clarke
'Fiendishly gripping' - Rosie Walsh
Critics Review
A remarkable novel – heart-wrenching, unflinching and deeply compassionate . . . thrilling, and incredibly moving. If you loved The Lamplighters, I guarantee you’ll love The Sunshine Man too
Masterful. Not only suspenseful and exquisitely tense but a nuanced, humanely observed portrait of grief and trauma. A triumph
The Sunshine Man is a masterful literary thriller . . . A deeply thrilling and emotionally rich page-turner. One of my books of the year
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
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!
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
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
Gripping, heartbreaking, and one of the most psychologically complex thrillers I've ever read
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
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
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.
Imaginative, tender and compelling, Emma Stonex's writing glows from the page. A charged and unforgettable story
A wholly original immersive thriller with love and family at its heart, and just exquisite writing
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
The most moving literary thriller . . . a tense, taut masterpiece
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
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