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The Wolf
May 5, 2025 7:17 PM

Author:Alex Grecian

The Wolf

'Breathless, gripping, up-all-night reading' Nora Roberts

A mysterious newcomer arrives on a freezing highway with information that one of the most deadly World War Two criminals is hiding in plain sight, with a new life every bit as sinister as his terrible past . . .

When State Trooper Skottie Foster moves back home to rural Kansas, she's hoping for a new start. But then a chance encounter on a snowy highway changes everything.

Travis Roan is a Nazi hunter, and he needs her help. Roan suspects this isolated region is home to infamous World War Two villain Rudolph Bormann.

As they encounter immediate resistance from the deeply suspicious community, it soon becomes clear that Bormann's new life in America is every bit as sinister as his awful past.

But neither Roan nor Foster imagines how dangerous - and how personal - their task will become...

'The perfect storm of a story: a can't-put-it-down-until-I find-out-what-happens-next thriller' Lorenzo Carcaterra, New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers

** Published in the USA as Saint of Wolves and Butchers **

Reviews

With Alex Grecian, you're in the hands of a professional. Deft prose, a steady drip of suspense, a blood-soaked secret from another time... My prescription? Purchase and consume immediately

—— Gregg Hurwitz, No.1 Bestselling author of Orphan X

A compelling, twisty story driven by fascinating characters. The Wolf makes breathless, gripping, up-all-night reading

—— Nora Roberts

The Wolf has it all . . . the perfect storm of a story: a can't-put-it-down-until-I find-out-what-happens-next thriller

—— Lorenzo Carcaterra, New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers

Seriously good

—— Evening Standard

Peter Høeg is back. And better. And with a novel that is both a thriller, a social critique, and existentially provoking – and on top of that, wonderful and funny.

—— Dagbladenes Bureau

The main character bares a clear resemblance to a certain Miss Smilla. It is not often that Høeg writes a new novel, but this one has clearly been worth the long wait.

—— Kulturnaut

Entertaining

—— Economist

Susan is a resourceful action heroine, part Lisbeth Salander, part Saga Norén, fearless with a crowbar and a screwdriver

—— The Arts Desk

The Susan Effect introduces an eccentric mix of characters headed by its ultra-bright narrator, Susan Svendson. . . Hoeg is serious, funny, intelligent, ridiculous, preachy, wise, incomprehensible, surreal and persuasive. It’s very readable

—— Marcel Berlins , The Times

Peter Høeg is back with a new thriller about quantum physics and the fact that the elite is neglecting the rest of society…the novel is a well-placed kick into high society’s modern powdered wigs.

—— Weekendavisen

The Danish author is back on form in this literary thriller, which revolves around a woman who has the power to make people tell her their secrets.

—— Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year

Allergic to chick lit? Meet Alvie Knightly . . . Insane as its title promises

—— Mail on Sunday

Raunchy, fun

—— Guardian

Trust us when we say that you won't ever have encountered a character quite like Alvie Knightly - the often-drunk, sex-mad, always-sassy heroine . . . A brilliantly bonkers read

—— Heat

If you loved [Paula Hawkins'] Into the Water, try Mad

—— Red

Pure, unadulterated entertainment. There is nothing Chloé Esposito's Alvie won't do. Strap in for a fun, fast and fresh read

—— Ali Land , author of Sunday Times bestseller Good Me Bad Me

Chloe Esposito introduces a compelling and uncensored antiheroine

—— US Weekly

Using Sicily as a backdrop with its gorgeous architecture, villas and sexy men, Esposito pens an unforgettable summer debut headed by a no-holds-barred protagonist

—— Library Journal

Mad is deliciously over-the-top, with a protagonist you'll never forget and an ending that promises more chaos to come

—— Bookpage

Chloe [has] a fantastic natural vibrancy and humour in her work

—— Richard Skinner, Director of Fiction at the Faber Academy

What readers are saying about Mad

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100% MAD about this book

—— NetGalley Reviewer

A page-turner, compelling and delightfully crazy. I can't wait for books two and three

—— NetGalley Reviewer

Chloé Esposito has broken the mould. The unconventional heroine and plot breaks so many conventions leading to an enjoyable, fast-paced read, which manages to be well-written and funny. It is perfect for the beach or a long journey

—— NetGalley Reviewer

Absolutely loved this book, a real page turner and I didn't want to come to the end

—— NetGalley Reviewer

Whoa! Yeah I started my review like that . . . but that's what this book is whoooaaa! it truly is M.A.D. . . . Mental Addictive

—— NetGalley Reviewer

Insane for all the right reasons - once you meet Alvie Knightly you won't want to turn your back on her, no way!

—— NetGalley Reviewer

This novel cracks along with frenetic, addictive style, beautifully descriptive in hot and heavy fashion . . . highly recommended

—— NetGalley Reviewer

Mad is certainly mad! I was hooked on our hero, Alvie

—— NetGalley Reviewer

Readers of weary of domestic noir should pick up Our Kind of Cruelty, a splendidly written novel that gives the genre a shot in the arm … pacily written and hugely involving... I was gripped until the last pages.

—— Daily Express

A nail-biting read that twists perceptions and plays havoc with your nerves

—— Women's Own

An addictive psychological thriller

—— Nudge Book

A taut, nasty thriller. I loved it!

—— India Knight

Cleverly shows the many facets of a complex human character, evoking sympathy, fear and anger all whilst shining a bright unforgiving light on how society views female sexuality.

—— Crime Review
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