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  • Published: 26 May 2022
  • ISBN: 9781529151596
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416

The Sanctuary

the gripping must-read thriller by the Sunday Times bestselling author




THERE'S NO WAY BACK FROM PARADISE ... The gripping second novel from the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Last Day.

Sanctuary Rock is a perfect place.

A remote island, owned by a wealthy philanthropist who is building a brand-new world on the ruins of the old one.

Ben only came to the island to bring his fiancée Cara home. But when he arrives, he is rapidly seduced by the vision of a better way of life, as described by the charismatic and mysterious Sir John.

Before long, he decides to stay.

But the island holds darker secrets than he could ever have suspected.

Then he learns the only route back to the mainland is about to close for good.

And his own life may be in terrible danger...
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PRAISE . . .

'Imaginative and intriguing ... Sucks you in and doesn't let you leave until the very last page' Anthony Horowitz
'Smoothly written, thought provoking ... with an effective shocker of an ending' Guardian
'The considerable pleasure of this novel is in the getting from here to there' The Times

  • Published: 26 May 2022
  • ISBN: 9781529151596
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416

About the author

Andrew Hunter Murray

Andrew Hunter Murray is a scriptwriter and fact-hunter for BBC2’s QI. He co-hosts the podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, which has had 200 million downloads, and has toured the UK, Europe and Australia. He also writes jokes and journalism for Private Eye magazine, and hosts the Eye’s podcast, Page 94.

The Last Day is his first novel.

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