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THERE'S NO WAY BACK FROM PARADISE . . . By the Sunday
Times-bestselling author of The Last Day, this high-concept
thriller will provoke and grip you from the very first page.
'Imaginative and intriguing ... Andrew Hunter Murray is a young
writer to watch.' Anthony Horowitz 'Absolutely brilliant. I'm
thinking it needs to be made into a movie!' Zoe Ball 'Gripping,
unsettling and original. Andrew Hunter Murray is a fabulous
storyteller.' Tim Harford 'Rich in imagination and stylishly
written ... Totally absorbing.' Paul Burke, Crime Time FM 'The
(considerable) pleasure of this novel is in the getting from here
to there.' The Times 'This is a smoothly written, thought-provoking
tale about ageing societies and wealth inequality, with an
effective shocker of an ending.' The Guardian ___________________
In a disintegrating and increasingly lawless land, a young man is
travelling north. Ben is a young painter from the crowded,
turbulent city. For six months his fiancee Cara has been living on
the remote island of Sanctuary Rock, the property of millionaire
philanthropist Sir John Pemberley. Now she has decided to break off
their engagement and stay there for good. Ben resolves to travel to
the island to win Cara back. But the journey there is a harsh and
challenging one, and when he does arrive, a terrible shock awaits
him. As Ben begins to find his way around Pemberley's perfect
island, he knows he must also discover - what has made Cara so
determined to throw her old life away? And is Sanctuary Rock truly
a second Eden, as the mysterious Sir John claims - or a prospect of
hell? ___________________ Readers can't get enough of The Sanctuary
... ***** 'A thoughtful, impressive science fiction thriller.'
***** 'I hope AHM keeps writing books because they are *chef's
kiss* perfection.' ***** 'Some great twists, turns and surprises!'
***** 'Thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking.' ***** 'This
book took a totally different turn to what I was expecting! Really
enjoyable, stayed up late to finish it as the story was so tense
towards the end.'
There's no way back from paradise. By the Sunday Times-bestselling
author of The Last Day, this high-concept thriller will provoke and
grip you from the very first page . . . 'Imaginative and intriguing
... Sucks you in and doesn't let you leave until the very last
page' Anthony Horowitz 'Smoothly written, thought provoking ...
with an effective shocker of an ending' Guardian 'The considerable
pleasure of this novel is in the getting from here to there' The
Times ___________________ Sanctuary Rock is a perfect place. A
remote island, owned by a wealthy philanthropist who is building a
brand-new world on the ruins of the old one. Ben only came to the
island to bring his fiancée Cara home. But when he arrives, he is
rapidly seduced by the vision of a better way of life, as described
by the charismatic and mysterious Sir John. Before long, he decides
to stay. But the island holds darker secrets than he could ever
have suspected. Then he learns the only route back to the mainland
is about to close for good. And his own life may be in terrible
danger . . . ___________________ 'Absolutely brilliant. I'm
thinking it needs to be made into a movie!' Zoe Ball 'Gripping,
unsettling and original. Andrew Hunter Murray is a fabulous
storyteller.' Tim Harford 'Rich in imagination and stylishly
written ... Totally absorbing.' Paul Burke, Crime Time FM
___________________ Readers can't get enough of The Sanctuary . . .
***** 'A thoughtful, impressive science fiction thriller.' ***** 'I
hope AHM keeps writing books because they are *chef's kiss*
perfection.' ***** 'Some great twists, turns and surprises!
Thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking.' ***** 'I like Andrew
Hunter Murray's style ... It was a brilliant read.' ***** 'This
book took a totally different turn to what I was expecting! Really
enjoyable, stayed up late to finish it as the story was so tense
towards the end.'
The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions,
both new and previously featured on the BBC TV programme's popular
'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general
knowledge, none of us knows anything at all. Who invented the
sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first
ate frogs' legs? Which cat never changes its spots? What did Lady
Godiva do? What can you legally do if you come across a Welshman in
Chester after sunset?
'Imaginative and intriguing. The Sanctuary sucks you in and doesn't
let you leave until the very last page - and a final revelation
that left me thinking late into the night. Andrew Hunter Murray is
a young writer to watch.' Anthony Horowitz 'Gripping, unsettling
and original. Andrew Hunter Murray is a fabulous storyteller.' Tim
Harford _____________________________ In a disintegrating and
increasingly lawless Britain, a young man is travelling north. Ben
is a young painter from the crowded, turbulent city. For six months
his fiancee Cara has been living on a remote island known as
Sanctuary Rock, the property of millionaire philanthropist Sir John
Pemberley. Now she has decided to break off their engagement, and
stay there. Ben resolves to travel to the island to win Cara back.
But the journey there is a harsh and challenging one, and when he
does arrive, a terrible shock awaits him. As Ben begins to find his
way around the island, he knows he must also work out - what has
made Cara so determined to throw her old life away? And is
Sanctuary Rock truly another Eden - or a prospect of hell? By the
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Day, this high-concept
thriller will intrigue and haunt you as you too work to find out
what secret is buried on the island.
A world in darkness. A secret she must bring to light. 'A
beautifully realised and thought-provoking thriller' THE TIMES 'A
brilliant near-future thriller and a really cracking read' RICHARD
OSMAN 'Reminiscent of Robert Harris's high-concept conspiracy
thrillers' FINANCIAL TIMES ____________________ 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 . . . ____________________
'Wonderful: boldly imagined and beautifully written - the best
future-shock thriller for years.' LEE CHILD '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... Murray might have set a new standard for such tales.'
WASHINGTON POST 'A stunningly original thriller set in the world of
tomorrow that will make you think about what's happening today.'
HARLAN COBEN 'A taut, thrilling runaround.' GUARDIAN 'I read this
hungrily ... Its intelligence and bravura characterisation will
have you turning page after page. A fabulous achievement.' STEPHEN
FRY 'A brilliant debut ... Fans of Robert Harris will love it'
DAILY EXPRESS 'To say it's gripping is an understatement - I
cancelled all my weekend plans to finish it' SARA PASCOE 'Murray
has crafted something original ... an interesting new twist on a
post-apocalyptic tale.' KIRKUS 'Downright impossible to stop
reading. A near-perfect alternate-future thriller.' BOOKLIST 'Dark,
believable and brilliantly written' JENNY COLGAN 'A thrilling
page-turner . . . I couldn't put this book down!' CHRISTINA DALCHER
'The Last Day will keep you gripped to the very last page' C.J.
TUDOR
The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions,
both new and previously featured on the QI's popular 'General
Ignorance' round. For the past decade, the QI team have been
patiently correcting the myths, misunderstandings and misplaced
certainties that go to make up 'general knowledge'. The first Book
of General Ignorance, published in 2006, became an instant
international bestseller and has been translated into 29 languages.
The Second Book of General Ignorance in 2010 set the record
straight on hundreds more areas of everyday wrongness. Now, the QI
team returns to complete the trilogy. The Third Book of General
ignorance gathers together 180 more questions to which the answers
all seem perfectly obvious. Some have appeared in the BBC TV
programme's 'General Ignorance' round, but many appear here for the
first time. What they prove, beyond all reasonable doubt, is that
none of us know anything at all. The largest pyramid isn't in Egypt
The Nile isn't the world's longest river The Himalayas aren't the
longest mountain range 'Jingle Bells' wasn't written for Christmas
Whalebone isn't made of whale bone Most deserts aren't made from
sand The ozone layer isn't made of ozone Cowboys didn't wear
Stetsons All snakes are venomous Not all fish live in water
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