The Earthquake Bird

Proof copy. 8vo. 197pp. Pictorial wraps.

Author's literary debut. Winner of the 2001 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for best work of fiction by an author aged 35 or under, and the 2002 Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger for Best First Novel. A haunting psychological thriller set in Tokyo, which reveals a murder on its first page and then delves into the mind of an unreliable narrator – Lucy Fly – a young English expat and chief suspect in the case. Adapted into the synonymous 2019 film by Wash Westmoreland, filmed entirely on location in Japan, with Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough in the leads. "[A] very compelling debut." –Elle