Butterfly on the Storm

Oct 10, 2024 6:32 PM

Author:Walter Lucius

'Ambitious, intricate, riveting' The Times

** The first instalment in the bestselling original Dutch thriller**

Haunted by a past you can never escape . . .

When a young boy from Afghanistan is the victim of a brutal hit-and-run in woods outside Amsterdam journalist Farah Hafez visits the scene, seeking to discover how a child from her homeland ended up here. Instead, she finds a burnt-out car and two bodied - sinister clues to a far darker mystery.

It is the beginning of a journey that leads her into an intricate web of crime and corruption stretching across Europe and deep into a past that Farah had once sought to escape - a past that nearly killed her.

And if she goes back will she ever make it out again?

Butterfly on the Stormis the first mystery to unravel in a tense, explosive and gripping new trilogy you won't want to put down. For lovers of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, this fast-paced crime novel will be this year's page-turner.

Praise for Walter Lucius

'Disturbing, apocalyptic, gripping' Dutch Daily De Limburger

'Riveting until the very end' AD Weekend [Dutch Newspaper]

'The Dutch answer to the tsunami of Scandinavian thrillers' BB Boekblad

Reviews

Journalist Farah Hafez embarks on a journey that will lead her into an intricate web of crime and corruption in the start of a new Dutch trilogy which has drawn parallels with Stieg Larsson's Millennium series

—— from publisher's description

Ambitious, intricate, riveting

—— The Times

It's been compared to Stieg Larsson's Millennium series ... Butterfly on the Storm is a compelling, engrossing read ... Walter Lucius is one to watch

—— Nudge

Disturbing, apocalyptic, gripping

—— Dutch Daily De Limburger

Riveting until the very end

—— AD Weekend [Dutch Newspaper]

The Dutch answer to the tsunami of Scandinavian thrillers

—— BB Boekblad

A smartly conceived psychological thriller

—— Sunday Times

This gripping thriller will make you wonder: What would I do? We couldn't put this book down!

—— Take a Break

This clever novel reminds me of Sliding Doors - it will challenge every belief you have

—— Sun

Joanna has two choices: does she call 999 or run? Ingeniously, the novel's alternating chapters depict both riveting options

—— Heat

All the hallmarks of a stunning psychological thriller: Pace, twists and turns and the heart-stopping realisation that it could easily be you

—— Adam Croft

Completely original. I was gripped

—— Jane Fallon

Hard to put down. The two storylines work so well and the balance is perfect . . . A gripping story with real characters

—— Emma Curtis

A Sliding Doors-style thriller that will keep you gripped until the final page

—— Closer

The novel is ingenious . . . a beautiful and original book

—— Claire Kendal

An expertly crafted novel full of drama and tension . . . An impossible feat accomplished with great skill. Bravo

—— Imran Mahmood

Praise for Everything but the Truth

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Perfection. Intriguing and compelling. An exceptional debut

—— Clare Mackintosh

Wonderful writing and a brilliant story. An amazing debut

—— B A Paris

Packed with twists and turns that will make it almost impossible to put down

—— Hello

A beautifully written domestic noir full of secrets and lies

—— Claire Douglas

This contemporary love story wrapped up in a thriller is a brilliant read. Compelling and intense

—— Sunday Mirror

A gripping, compelling page turner that kept me up half the night

—— Liz Nugent

You won't be able to put it down!

—— Hollie Overton

An utterly unique story . . . my heart was in my mouth the whole time

—— Holly Seddon

An assured and gripping debut

—— Alex Marwood

Tense and compelling

—— Paula Daly

I found myself wanting to pick it up at every opportunity. Brilliant

—— Jenny Blackhurst

Top domestic noir

—— Sun

Once I'd started I was powerless to stop. Brilliantly executed, clever and utterly realistic

—— Jill Mansell

This is a book to devour

—— Elizabeth Haynes

Startlingly good. Gillian McAllister is a new star in psychological thrillers

—— Miranda Dickinson

Intriguing and atmospheric

—— Sheila O'Flanagan

Breathlessly brilliant

—— Heat

A thrilling book club read

—— Prima

Prepare to be gripping by this tense thriller

—— Fabulous Magazine

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