Runner The mindexpanding new thriller from the bestselling author of The Sleepwalkers

<P><B>The mind-expanding new thriller from the bestselling author of</B><I><B>The Sleepwalkers</B></I><B>and</B><I><B>The End of Mr. Y</B></I></P><P><I><B></B></I></P><P><B>He's running for his life. And he's running out of time.</B></P><P>Jay has been hunted since he was twenty years old. A contract on his life has been traded like a commodity, rising and falling with Bitcoin. On the run once again, with no passport, and airmiles as his only currency, Jay will have to choose between love and survival,<I>and run for his life</I>!</P><P><I>The Runner</I>is a high concept literary thriller featuring high-finance, con-artists, the Book of Jonah, ultramarathons and how falling in love can change everything.</P><P>Darkly funny, sexy, exciting, philosophical and thrilling,<I>The Runner</I>is the most gripping and intelligent novel you will read in 2026.</P><P><B>Praise for Scarlett Thomas</B></P><P>'Fiction roaring on all cylinders',<I><B>Guardian</B></I></P><P>Gloriously dark and tangled', <I><B>Observer</B></I><br>'A dark, twisty, savagely ... a smart, layered, stinging look at power and its abuse',<I><B>The Times</B></I><br>'A work of peculiar, gonzo genius',<I><B>The New York Times</B></I><br>'Like a darker, funnier The White Lotus' <B>James Smythe</B><br>'Brilliant, savage and hilarious', <B>Bidisha Mamata</B><br>'A twisty Gothic tale of vertiginous depths and haunting power'<I><B>Sandra Newman, author of Julia</B></I><br>'Ingenious and original',<B> Philip Pullman</B></P>