Five provocative novels to read in March
Martin Patience’s The Darker the Night is a brilliant debut, says a BBC international editor
02 March 2023 - 05:00
The Darker the Night by Martin Patience
Former BBC correspondent Martin Patience sets his debut novel The Darker the Night in the days leading up to a referendum on Scottish independence. Thanks to an expert campaign led by First Minister Susan Ward, the nationalists look set to win. But when senior civil servant John Millar is gunned down in a Glasgow alley on a rainy night, disaster seems likely to strike. Millar is found to be in possession of a video and a phone number that are incriminating...
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