INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS - Softcover

Wilson, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006479855 ISBN 13: 9780006479857

Publisher: HarperFiction, 2011

Synopsis

'First in a field of one' (Literary Review) Robert Wilson's first novel, a tense and powerful thriller set in the sultry heat of West Africa Benin, West Africa. Englishman Bruce Medway operates as a 'fixer' for traders along the part of the coast they used to call the White Man's Grave. It's a tough existence, but Medway can handle it! until he crosses the formidable Madame Severnou. Warned off by his client, Jack Obuasi, his energies are redirected into the search for missing expat Steven Kershaw. Kershaw, though, is a man of mystery: trader, artist, womanizer! and sado-masochist. Against background rumblings of political disturbance, in the face of official corruption, egged on by an enigmatic policeman, Medway pursues his elusive quarry across West Africa. Is Kershaw tied to Obuasi's and Madame Severnou's shady dealings? Is he a vicious murderer? Is he, indeed, alive or dead?

About this title

Product Description:

Title: Instruments of Darkness <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: Robert Wilson <>Publisher: Harper Collins Paperbacks

Review:

'Unmissable! Unflinchingly imagined and executed. No hint of competition' Literary Review 'A class act' Sunday Times 'An atmospheric and absorbing debut, Instruments of Darkness vividly paints a credible picture of a world I know almost nothing about. Now I feel I've been there' Val McDermid

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperFiction
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0006479855
• ISBN 13: 9780006479857
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408