The Sunshine Man

A remarkable novel - heart-wrenching, unflinching and deeply compassionate. The prose is luminous - always vibrant and original, often very beautiful - as the story delves deep into the respective pasts of the two very different protagonists, before building to a thrilling, and incredibly moving, climax. If you loved The Lamplighters, I guarantee you’ll love The Sunshine Man too. Me? I adored it.Emylia Hall, author of The Shell House Detectives

Masterful. Not only suspenseful and exquisitely tense but a nuanced, humanely observed portrait of grief and trauma. The setting and haunting atmosphere are beautifully evoked with subtle, real-feeling period detail. A personal, granular exploration of big questions - crime and justice, grace and revenge - that will stay with you long after the story has reached its unexpected conclusion. A triumph.Jo Harkin, author of The Pretender

The Sunshine Man is a masterful literary thriller. Stonex's exquisite line by line writing lifts this dark tale into the light, and provokes nuanced thinking about revenge and redemption. A deeply thrilling and emotionally rich page-turner. One of my books of the year.Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Castaways and One of the Girls