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Gripping, emotional and charged with tension, The Sunshine Man is a powerful story of reckoning and revenge, set against the haunting beauty of rural Devon - from the bestselling author of The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex. 'Stonex is out to set pulses racing' - The Observer 'An...
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From the bestselling author of The Lamplighters, The Sunshine Man is the story of a terrible crime that shakes a community and a revenge plotted over decades. It is a tangled mystery about love, grief and how our childhood experiences play out in the rest of our lives.
An unputdownable psychological thriller about a terrible crime that shakes a community and a revenge plotted over decades, from the bestselling author of The Lamplighters.
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Gripping, emotional and charged with tension, The Sunshine Man is a powerful story of reckoning and revenge, set against the haunting beauty of rural Devon - from the bestselling author of The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex.
'Stonex is out to set pulses racing' - The Observer
'An ambitious revenge thriller' - The Guardian
'A deeply thrilling and emotionally rich page-turner' - Lucy Clarke
Birdie wakes to the news she's been waiting eighteen years to hear: Jimmy Maguire - the man who murdered her sister - is out of prison.
She sends her children to school, picks up a gun, and leaves for London with one purpose: to find Jimmy and make him pay.
But there's another side to this story, and Birdie is about to enter a world of family lies, worn-out loyalties and long-buried betrayals...
Readers love The Sunshine Man:
'A compelling tight thriller with heart' *
'Hits you right between the eyes' *
'Brilliantly written with twists and turns' *
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529047400
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 252g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Emma Stonex was born in 1983 and grew up in Northamptonshire. After working in publishing for several years, she quit to pursue her dream of writing fiction. The Lamplighters was a Sunday Times bestseller. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two young daughters.
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