Maxwell's Demon

<p><b>'Deliciously diabolical' Chris Brookmyre</b><br><b>'Wickedly playful' M.R. Carey</b><br><br>Thomas Quinn is having the strangest autumn . . . <br>Nine years ago his mentor Andrew Black wrote a million-copy-selling mystery novel - and then disappeared. Now could it be that Thomas is being stalked by the hero of Black's book? And that new answerphone message sounds a lot like his own father. His father who has been dead for years.<br><br>Thomas's wife Imogen usually has the answers but she's on the other side of the world. If he can just find Black perhaps Thomas might start finding some answers . . .<br><br>With the same white-knuckle thrills as Hall's first novel <i>The Raw Shark Texts</i> <i>Maxwell's Demon </i>is a freewheeling investigation into the magic power locked inside the alphabet love through the looking glass the bond between parents and children and at its heart the quest for meaning in a chaotic and untidy world.</p>