The Dealer and the Dead

Eighteen years after the barbarous war with the Serbs that tore their communities apart, a group of Croatian villagers discover the identity of the Englishman who they believe betrayed them by welching on a deal to supply arms.

With revenge in sight at last, they hire a professional killer from London to track him down... but is the story as simple as they think?

A brilliant, bruising thriller, told in a unique way, about what happens when the hand of the past suddenly reaches out to the present - and is holding a gun.

“In a class of his own - The Times on THE WAITING TIMEA dense, intensely satisfying thriller from one of the modern masters of the craft, Seymour's latest novel will remind the world just how phenomenally accomplished a thriller writer he is. - Daily Mail on THE COLLABORATORA forceful, kinetic narrative - Independent on THE COLLABORATORTight writing and meticulous research . . . an artist's brush that lingers equally on the grime, the glitter and the blood - Peter Millar, The Times on THE COLLABORATORIntricately researched incidents that surge to a dramatic crescendo - Telegraph on THE COLLABORATORA superb feat of storytelling by a master of his craft - Sunday Telegraph on THE UNKNOWN SOLDIERA genuinely exciting epic - Daily Telegraph on THE UNTOUCHABLE”

In a class of his own - The Times on THE WAITING TIME

A dense, intensely satisfying thriller from one of the modern masters of the craft, Seymour's latest novel will remind the world just how phenomenally accomplished a thriller writer he is. - Daily Mail on THE COLLABORATOR

A forceful, kinetic narrative - Independent on THE COLLABORATOR

Tight writing and meticulous research . . . an artist's brush that lingers equally on the grime, the glitter and the blood - Peter Millar, The Times on THE COLLABORATOR

Intricately researched incidents that surge to a dramatic crescendo - Telegraph on THE COLLABORATOR

A superb feat of storytelling by a master of his craft - Sunday Telegraph on THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

A genuinely exciting epic - Daily Telegraph on THE UNTOUCHABLE

Gerald Seymour was a reporter at ITN for fifteen years. He covered events in Vietnam, Borneo, Aden, the Munich Olympics, Israel and Northern Ireland. He has been a full-time writer since 1978.

Seymour's first novel was the acclaimed thriller Harry's Game, set in Belfast, and since then six of his thrillers have been filmed for television in the UK and US. THE DEALER AND THE DEAD is Seymour's twenty-seventh novel.

Eighteen years after the barbarous war with the Serbs that tore their communities apart, a group of Croatian villagers discover the identity of the Englishman who they believe betrayed them by welching on a deal to supply arms.With revenge in sight at last, they hire a professional killer from London to track him down... but is the story as simple as they think?A brilliant, bruising thriller, told in a unique way, about what happens when the hand of the past suddenly reaches out to the present - and is holding a gun.

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