A Particular Man

<p><strong>Love never dies in this novel by "a writer of addictive emotional thrillers"</strong><span> </span><strong>(<em>The Independent</em>).</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span>Told from three perspectives, </span><em>A Particular Man</em><span> is about love, truth and the unpredictable consequences of loss.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>When Edgar dies in a Far East prisoner of war camp it breaks the heart of fellow prisoner Starling. In Edgar's final moments, Starling makes him a promise. When, after the war, he visits Edgar's family to fulfil this promise, Edgar's mother Clementine mistakes him for another man. </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>Her mistake allows him access to Edgar's home and to those who loved him, stirring powerful and disorientating emotions, and embroiling him in a web of deceit.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>The loss has driven his sister Aida to seek solace in the arms of a series of men - but the meeting with Starling sparks a powerful and complex connection, fuelled by their mutual longing for Edgar.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>Meanwhile Clementine, also grieving for Edgar, has secrets of her own... </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span>"O</span><span>ne of Britain's finest novelists." -</span><em>The Sunday Telegraph</em></p><p><br></p><p><span>"[Glaister] commands respect for writing novels which are not just dark and mysterious but also emotionally satisfying." -</span><em>The Times Literary Supplement</em></p><p><br></p><p>"An<span> expert plotter." -</span><em>The Scotsman</em></p><p><br></p>