The Execution

‘Unnervingly cool prose…an entertainingly urbane thriller [whose] suspense lies not in the whodunit but in watching a perfect life unravel.’ Daily TelegraphMatthew Bourne suspects his partner Marianne of having an affair – though he has just embarked on one himself. Then one day a colleagues wife dies in tragic circumstances and Matthew is called to identify the body. Only much later does he realise that this incident has seeped into his life like a slow poison…A riveting narrative of mystery and menace ‘The Execution’ is a stunningly accomplished novel.