Simon Toyne is the author of the internationally bestselling Sanctus trilogy (Sanctus, The Key, and The Tower), The Searcher, The Boy Who Saw, Dark Objects and The Clearing and has worked in British television for more than twenty years. As a writer, director, and producer he's made several award-winning shows, one of which won a BAFTA. He lives in England with his wife and family, where he is permanently at work on his next novel.
"Top-shelf writers aren't made--they're born, and you can tell in two pages when you've found one. Simon Toyne has got the gift, and THE SEARCHER proves it-his imagery, his language, and the cool mystery surrounding Solomon Creed and where he's going. I think you'll love this one." -- Greg Iles, author of Natchez Burning and The Bone Tree"Not a dull page to be found anywhere. A thriller gem. Simon Toyne is a first class talent, speeding in the fast lane to the top of the genre." -- Steve Berry"In Simon Toyne's "The Searcher," Toyne begins a new series with a page-turning thriller... Thriller fans should enjoy this vibrant and exciting story." -- The Missourian"Toyne has turned out a subtle yet compelling religion-flavored thriller that engenders a "one more page, one more chapter" urgency, much like his previous trilogy." -- Library Journal (starred review)"A combination of Lee Child-the Jack Reacher books-and Stephen King! How likely does that sound? But in fact the comparisons are apt... Vividly evoked action and electrically alive emotion. And a satisfying climax after breathstopping suspense. Look, just get started on this series. You'll be glad you did." -- Sullivan County Democrat"Compelling, vivid and profound, I loved it. It stays with you long after you've finished the final page." -- Peter James"Intrigue, mystery, atmosphere . . . it will draw you in and hold you there. Solomon Creed is a thriller with smarts and class." -- Scott Mariani"Who is Solomon Creed? He's the hero of a fabulous new series of thrillers. Simple as that." -- Mark Billingham"When you read Sanctus, you'll see just how frightening, ruthless and relentlessly entertaining an order of monks can be. Haunting in the best way." -- Brad Meltzer"[Sanctus] might turn out to be the next great cliffhanger conspiracy thriller." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram"Hard to think of it as a debut, better to think of it as the beginning of a massive new adventure, and a so-long to Dan Brown. . . ." -- Daily Mirror (UK) on Sanctus"If you like your secrets deeply hidden and your action breakneck, then Toyne's sophomore thriller is just the ticket. . . . As in his debut, Toyne delivers a gripping, intricate story of religious and political intrigue that's sweeping yet somehow intimate and very personal. Wow." -- Booklist (starred review) on The Key"Toyne cranks up the drama with the second entry in a conspiracy thriller series. . . . Well-written, fast-paced and delivered with an admirable economy of words, this book offers an edge-of-the-seat story filled with action and adventure." -- Kirkus Reviews on The Key"Toyne's descriptive skill makes for a story that is cinematically vivid. . . . The relentless pace makes the action addicting." -- Publishers Weekly on The Tower"The Tower is the best of the three novels, no mean feat considering that the first two, Sanctus and The Key, were also exciting and thoughtful. . . . Do not fail to read this unique and extraordinarily inventive novel." -- Examiner.com on The Tower"Fascinating, brilliantly conceived and executed, and filled with the kind of profound symbolism and thematic gravitas that separate Toyne's work from others of the genre. . . . Will keep you involved from beginning to end. . . . A fine piece of literature." -- Examiner.com"How do you create suspense?... That's the defining strategy of THE SEARCHER, as Simon Toyne holds information tantalizingly out of reach over the course of his wild, mysterious novel... I read it in a two-day fever." -- New York Times Book Review"Both marvelous and unsettling, full of myth and grounded in the real world, a bloody noir and a contemporary western, a mystery and a thriller... Solomon Creed is entirely original, even as he reminds you of everyone from Lee Child's Jack Reacher [to] Dan Brown's Robert Langdon." -- Bookreporter.com"One of the best and most original thrillers of the year... A nail-biting, relentlessly suspenseful effort that grabs us on page one and never lets go... "The Searcher" lives up every bit to its terrific premise, a tale as wondrously conceived as it is brilliantly realized." -- Providence Journal
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