Proof of Life

THE GRIPPING ESPIONAGE THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNER RJ ELLORY

'Tense, atmospheric, totally belivable' The Sun

The mission was supposed to be simple.

Stroud is a former war photographer who left the frontline before his luck ran out. His closest friend and mentor, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate.

To prove his friend is dead.

When Raphael is allegedly sighted in Istanbul - six years after his death - Stroud is drawn back into a life that nearly destroyed him. So begins a journey that takes him from the Balkans to the Netherlands, from Berlin to Paris, as he hunts down the truth.

But first he'll have to prove he ever existed . . .

With his every move closely monitored by international intelligence agencies, Stroud is on the trail of a revelation that will make him question everything he has ever believed . . .

'This tense, atmospheric, totally believable thriller harks back to the golden age of espionage but is also about how well we really know our friends' THE SUN

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PRAISE FOR RJ ELLORY

'Thriller writing of the very highest order' GUARDIAN

'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

“This tense, atmospheric, totally believable thriller harks back to the golden age of espionage but is also about how well we really know our friends. Superb .”

This tense, atmospheric, totally believable thriller harks back to the golden age of espionage but is also about how well we really know our friends. Superb. The Sun

R.J. Ellory is a critically acclaimed author whose novels include the bestselling A Quiet Belief in Angels, which was a Richard & Judy Book Club selection and won the Nouvel Observateur Crime Fiction Prize.

Ellory's novels have been translated into twenty-six languages, and he has won the USA Excellence Award for Best Mystery, the Strand Magazine Best Thriller 2009, the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for A Simple Act of Violence, the St Maur Prize, the Avignon Readers' Prize, the Livre de Poche Award and the Quebec Laureat. He has been shortlisted for a further thirteen awards in numerous countries, including four Daggers from the UK Crime Writers' Association.

To find out more visit or follow him on X @rjellory

THE GRIPPING ESPIONAGE THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNER RJ ELLORY 'Tense, atmospheric, totally belivable' The Sun The mission was supposed to be simple. Stroud is a former war photographer who left the frontline before his luck ran out. His closest friend and mentor, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate. To prove his friend is dead. When Raphael is allegedly sighted in Istanbul - six years after his death - Stroud is drawn back into a life that nearly destroyed him. So begins a journey that takes him from the Balkans to the Netherlands, from Berlin to Paris, as he hunts down the truth. But first he'll have to prove he ever existed . . . With his every move closely monitored by international intelligence agencies, Stroud is on the trail of a revelation that will make him question everything he has ever believed . . . 'This tense, atmospheric, totally believable thriller harks back to the golden age of espionage but is also about how well we really know our friends' THE SUN * PRAISE FOR RJ ELLORY 'Thriller writing of the very highest order' GUARDIAN 'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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