Description
A world in darkness. A secret she must bring to light.
'A brilliant near-future thriller and a really cracking read' Richard Osman
'A beautifully realised and thought-provoking thriller' The Times
'Reminiscent of Robert Harris's high-concept conspiracy thrillers' Financial Times
'Wonderful ... the best future-shock thriller for years.' Lee Child
'I read this hungrily ... A fabulous achievement.' Stephen Fry
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2059. The world has stopped turning.
One half suffers an endless frozen night; the other, nothing but burning sun.
Only in a slim twilit region between them can life survive.
In an isolationist Britain clinging on in the twilight zone, scientist Ellen Hopper receives a letter from a dying man. It contains a powerful and dangerous secret.
One that those in power will kill to conceal . . .
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'Intriguing and unusual' Sunday Times
'Inventive, richly detailed world-building' Telegraph
'A tantalizing, suspenseful odyssey of frustration, deceit, treachery, torture, hope, despair and ingenious sleuthing' Washington Post
'A stunningly original thriller' HARLAN COBEN
'A taut, thrilling runaround' GUARDIAN
'A brilliant debut ... Fans of Robert Harris will love it' DAILY EXPRESS
'To say it's gripping is an understatement' SARA PASCOE
'Murray has crafted something original ... an interesting new twist on a post-apocalyptic tale.' KIRKUS
'Downright impossible to stop reading.' BOOKLIST
'Dark, believable and brilliantly written' JENNY COLGAN
'I couldn't put this book down!' CHRISTINA DALCHER
'The Last Day will keep you gripped to the very last page' C.J. TUDOR
About the Author
Andrew Hunter Murray is a scriptwriter and fact-hunter for BBC2's QI. He co-hosts the podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, which has had 200 million downloads, and has toured the UK, Europe and Australia. He also writes jokes and journalism for Private Eye magazine, and hosts the Eye's podcast, Page 94.
Reviews
I read this hungrily ... Its intelligence and bravura characterization will have you turning page after page. A fabulous achievement. * STEPHEN FRY *
A brilliantly clever thriller from a brilliantly clever writer. -- Richard Osman
Murray should be commended for going into the nitty-gritty of how his post-disaster society functions[...] What really distinguishes the book, though, is the creative energy of its world-building: it demonstrates the virtue of using the future as a playground for the imagination rather than trying to second-guess it. * Telegraph: the best thrillers and crime fiction of 2020 *
A taut, thrilling runaround... The Last Day is an impressive dystopian techno-thriller. Murray paints a grim picture of a draconian isolationist Britain, with some vivid descriptions of a much-changed London, and the novel's climax has a neat twist. * Guardian Books of the Month *
A brilliant debutwhich blends apocalyptic drama with a tale of espionage, keeping readers on tenterhooks [...] Fans of Robert Harris will love it. * Daily Express *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787463615
Author Andrew Hunter Murray
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher Cornerstone
Weight(grams) 288g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 128mm * 25mm
