Nicholas Shakespeare’s new novel is published by Harvill on 14 May
IN A WORLD OF LIES, PROOF IS POWER
Ex-journalist John Dyer (from The Dancer Upstairs and The Sandpit) must take on a dangerous political conspiracy to bring a killer to justice.
John Dyer is living a quiet life when he receives a call that changes everything: an old university friend, Lia, has been killed. Decades have passed since his last heartbreaking conversation with her, but Dyer finds himself driven to investigate.
What Dyer uncovers puts him in the path of a political conspiracy with one man at its heart. A man who forty years ago committed a crime witnessed by just four people. When another of the witnesses dies in suspicious circumstances, Dyer finds himself in danger of his life. To combat the forces arrayed against him, he needs incontrovertible proof – but will he find it in time?
As Dyer chases his leads from Tasmania to Argentina and finally to Michigan, where it all began, he unwittingly pits himself against an adversary more powerful than he could have imagined, in a race as heartstopping as tomorrow’s headlines.
Advance praise for Frame 37
‘Frame 37 crackles with energy, elegance, and dismay. Stoking the perilous present with the lurid past, Nicholas Shakespeare’s political thriller races against time and wins.’
‘A tremendous, richly rewarding novel, written with great intelligence and narrative brio. Completely enthralling.’
‘Frame 37 is terrifyingly resonant at a time when allegations of high level corruption and sexual violence are shrugged off in Washington. With our hero in mounting danger, I was unable to put down this intelligently written thriller as I sped towards the denouement.’
‘Rich in atmosphere and foreboding and menace; from Buenos Aires to Washington DC, a group of friends are being hunted down by the unburied past. A thriller with chilling contemporary resonance, exploring shifting identity and the darkness at the heart of power. Can the innocent out-run the shadow of history?’
‘This master of the meaningful thriller has again astounded me by expanding his novel to a level of Homeric tale-telling reminiscent at the same time of the best of Graham Greene. If you want your thriller writer to be an accomplished novelist: Shakespeare’s your man. If you want your thriller writer to let things rip: Shakespeare’s your man. He is an encompassing talent.’
Praise for Nicholas Shakespeare
Nicholas Shakespeare gathers comparisons to the great and the good. He needs none. He is what he is — a very fine English novelist
John Lawton
Nicholas Shakespeare honours the best traditions of the novel
Thomas Keneally, TLS
One of the best English novelists of our time
Wall Street Journal
A great novelist
Peter Craven, The Melbourne Age