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House of the Hunted
A Novel
by Mark Mills
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Pub Date Apr 03 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Random House Publishing Group | Random House
Description
Mark Mills, bestselling author of Amagansett, The Savage Garden, and The Information Officer, is renowned for blending riveting history, rich atmosphere, and thrilling suspense. Now, in House of the Hunted, Mills deftly unfolds a story of betrayal, love, and the inescapable pull of the past as an ex-spy finds himself drawn back into his treacherous former life.
Côte d'Azur, France, 1935: As Europe moves inexorably toward war, Tom Nash
feels pleasantly removed, pursuing a quiet writing career on an idyllic stretch
of the French Riveria. A former intelligence operative for the British
government, Tom now finds refuge among the lively seaside community of expats
and artists, hoping to put the worst deeds from his job-and memories of the
woman he once loved-far behind him. But Tom's peaceful existence is shattered
when an unknown hit man tries to kill him in his sleep. Tom is sure that
somebody knows his secrets, and that this attempt on his life won't be the
last.
Relying on his instincts for self-preservation, Tom suspects everyone of
double-dealing, even people he considers his friends: the Russian art dealers
from Paris, the exiled German dissidents, even his former boss and closest
confidant. And as he plunges further into his haunted past, Tom feels himself
turning into the person he used to be-a dangerous man, capable of
anything.
Combining vividly drawn characters and gripping acts of espionage, House of
the Hunted is a superbly crafted novel by an exceptional and versatile
storyteller.
Mark Mills is the author of The Savage Garden, a #1 bestseller in the United Kingdom, and Amagansett, which was published in a dozen countries and received the John Creasy Memorial Dagger Award. A graduate of Cambridge University, he lives in Oxford with his wife and their two children.
Advance Praise
Praise for Mark Mills's The Information Officer
"Magnificent . . . reads like the story of Casablanca revisited, like a
vanished Graham Greene."-Los Angeles Times
"The sense of immediacy Mark Mills brings to The Information Officer is
so intense that this breathtaking novel reads more like a memoir than a wartime
thriller."-The New York Times Book Review
"A lush, romantic thriller, skillfully crafted by master stylist Mark
Mills."-George Pelecanos
"Tautly gripping . . . [Mills's] characters are deftly drawn and highlight the
drama of their setting."-The Washington Times
"The writing . . . is graceful and fluid, the research scrupulous, and the love
scenes, played out against the whistle and shriek of falling bombs . . . are
knee-buckling in their intimacy."-The Star-Ledger
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781400068197 |
PRICE | $26.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 320 |