# The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray (Paperback)

**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_  
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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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**'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

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Arrow Books
- **Tags:** All, thrillers

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