Frame 37 by Nicholas Shakespeare

In a world of lies, proof is power. Journalist John Dyer must take on a dangerous political conspiracy in order to bring his friend’s killer to justice in this gripping thriller by an award-winning writer.

In a world of lies, proof is power. Ex-journalist John Dyer must take on a dangerous political conspiracy in order to bring his friend’s killer to justice in this gripping thriller by an award-winning writer.

John Dyer is living a quiet life when he receives a call that changes everything- an old university friend, Lia, has been killed. Decades have passed since his last heartbreaking conversation with her, but Dyer finds himself driven to investigate.

What Dyer uncovers puts him in the path of a political conspiracy with one man at its heart. A man who forty years ago committed a crime witnessed by just four people. When another of the witnesses dies in suspicious circumstances, Dyer finds himself in danger of his life. To combat the forces arrayed against him, he needs incontrovertible proof – but will he find it in time?

As Dyer chases his leads from Tasmania to Argentina and finally to Michigan, where it all began, he unwittingly pits himself against an adversary more powerful than he could have imagined, in a race as heartstopping as tomorrow’s headlines.

PRAISE FOR NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE-

‘A remarkable contemporary thriller… A triumph’ William Boyd

‘An absorbing thriller with shades of John le Carre’ Evening Standard

‘One of our best and truest novelists’ The Times

‘Exciting… A page-turner’ Daily Telegraph

‘Wonderfully well written… with an insidious escalation of menace, and paranoia that fairly shimmers off the pages’ Guardian

About the Author: Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in Asia and South America. One of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists 1993, and considered by the Wall Street Journal as ‘one of the best English novelists of our time’, his prize-winning books have been translated into twenty-two languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Snowleg, The Dancer Upstairs, Inheritance, Priscilla, Six Minutes in May and acclaimed biographies of Bruce Chatwin and Ian Fleming. His most recent thriller featuring John Dyer was The Sandpit. He has been longlisted for the Booker Prize twice, was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

14 May 2026
 

Frame 37 by Nicholas Shakespeare ISBN 9781787305229